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· 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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