Dragoo v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the court of appeals had erred by considering an argument for prejudice that had not been presented to the trial court
• holding that if the State fails to give a reason for delay, the factor will be considered neutral and weigh slightly against the State
• holding that a particular claim of prejudice may not support an appellate court’s determination of the prejudice factor when “appellant made no such argument to the trial court”
• holding that a particular claim of prejudice may not support an appellate court’s determination of the prejudice factor when “appellant made no such argument to the trial court”
• recognizing that a defendant’s failure to timely demand a speedy trial “strongly indicates that he did not really want a speedy trial and that he was not prejudiced by the lack of one
• concluding that on balance, three-and-a-half-year delay did not violate right to speedy trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).