Commonwealth v. Branch, L.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a delay caused by the state’s negligence 4 weighs against the state, but less heavily than if the delay were intentional
• holding that a delay caused by the state’s negligence weighs against the state, but less heavily than if the delay was intentional
• stating that the prejudice a defendant suffers must be due to the delay
• setting forth the test for assessing speedy trial claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).