Ellsworth P. Taylor v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that combination of pre- and post-indictment delay violated defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial
• holding that combination of pre- and post-indictment delay violated defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial
• foreclosing statute of limitations defense based on McGowen and Green
• two-year delay following indictment, of which defendant was not informed; loss of alibi witnesses to meet “weak” government case
• The case against appellant was “weak.” Had it been “overwhelming,” a different result might have been reached.
• 25 months delay between indictment and trial not justified by imprisonment in state institution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).