· 8/30/2023
FRANK E. POLO v. MERLIN HERNANDEZ
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the right to a speedy trial is incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment and thus applies to the states
- holding that “the right to a speedy trial is as fundamental as any of the rights secured by the Sixth Amendment”
- holding that the right to a speedy trial “is one of the most basic rights preserved by our Constitution.”
- holding that the right to a speedy trial “is one of the most basic rights preserved by our Constitution.”
- holding that the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial is “fundamental” and applies to the states under the Fourteenth Amendment
- holding that the right to a speedy trial “is one of the most basic rights preserved by our Constitution”
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