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State v. Keith

Citations

  • 628 A.2d 1247
  • 160 Vt. 257
  • 1993 Vt. LEXIS 62

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that twenty-month delay \far exceeds the length of delay needed to trigger a review of the other three factors\
  • holding that twenty-month delay “far exceeds the length of delay needed to trigger a review of the other three factors”
  • concluding that it was “unnecessary to examine the reasons for the delay” in holding that 20-month delay was sufficient “to trigger a review of the other three [Barker] factors”
  • concluding that it was “unnecessary to examine the reasons for the delay” in holding that 20-month delay was sufficient “to trigger a review of the other three [ Barker ] factors”
  • noting that speedy-trial violations are rare because \courts are reluctant to resort to the radical remedy of dismissal\ when it means freeing someone who may have committed serious crime
  • noting that speedy-trial violations are rare because “courts are reluctant to resort to the radical remedy of dismissal” when it means freeing someone who may have committed serious crime

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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