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Blackwell v. State

Citations

  • 546 S.W.2d 828
  • 1976 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 316

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the delay that the defendant brought upon himself by his own misconduct did not result in a violation of his right to a speedy trial
  • concluding there was no prejudice when the defendant readily admitted the probation violation and could not show other prejudice
  • concluding that the defendant had not shown prejudice because there was no -6- evidence that the trial judge would have allowed the appellant to run the two state sentences concurrently and because the detainer had no effect on the appellant’s Florida prison status or privileges
  • noting that the State issued a detainer for the defendant less than one year after his Florida guilty plea and more than a year before the defendant‟s release from the Florida prison
  • noting that the defendant was not available to Tennessee
  • applying the Barker factors when analyzing the delay of a probation revocation hearing

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Judges: Duncan, Daughtrey, Scott

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