speedy trial
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 404 U.S. 307 - United States v. Marion · 1971Most cited · 7,408 citing opinions
Sixth Amendment
an important safeguard to prevent undue and oppressive incarceration prior to trial, to minimize anxiety and concern accompanying public accusation and to limit the possibilities that long delay will impair the ability of an accused to defend himself
How often courts cite the case defining “speedy trial”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “speedy trial” — 7,405 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.