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State v. Hines

Citations

  • 225 N.W.2d 156
  • 1975 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 913

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that review of “good cause” determination to avoid dismissal for speedy trial purposes is abuse of discretion
  • holding non-chronic court congestion arising out of unique, non-recurring events may constitute “good cause” for delay
  • rejecting the premise that chronic court congestion can serve as “good cause” for continuances
  • good cause not established where a judge continued the case five days before the end of the 60-day period for trial because of discharge of a depleted jury panel
  • good cause not established where a judge continued the case five days before the end of the 60-day period for trial because of discharge of a depleted jury panel
  • failure to staff courtroom with sufficient jurors not good cause for continuance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Reynoldson, Mason, Rawlings, Legrand, Harris, McCormick, Moore, Rees, Uhlen-Hopp

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