Stanley v. Lucas

How courts have described this case

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• continuing case for lack of judicial time is “good cause” for denying statutory speedy trial motion
• continuing case for lack of judicial time is ‘good cause’ for denying statutory speedy tried motion
• asking unfounded questions about a defendant's prior misconduct \would be beneath the dignity of any practicing lawyer\ and \should lead to a reversal\
• “the case made by the state of ‘good cause to the contrary’ appeals largely to the discretion of the trial court”
• where statute required dismissal if state failed to bring defendant to trial at the next term of the court, unless good cause be shown, a lack of judicial resources constituted “good cause” for denying statutory speedy trial motion
• requiring 'foundation within [lawyer's] knowledge or information'

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).