Klopfer v. North Carolina

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• 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 due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the speedy trial right to state prosecutions

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Other cases named Klopfer v. North Carolina

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Klopfer v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1966-05-31
• Klopfer v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1966-10-24