Government
Mar. 31, 2007
Defendant Hurt by DA Delays Loses at High Court
The California Supreme Court Thursday made it tougher for criminal defendants to claim prosecutors violated their speedy trial rights.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The California Supreme Court Thursday made it tougher for criminal defendants to claim prosecutors violated their speedy trial rights.
Voting 7-0, the high court ruled that Santa Clara County prosecutors did nothing wrong by failing to notify a man that they had filed criminal charges against him until he had nearly completed a jail term for a pa...
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