Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 7/28/1987

State v. Wheaton

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528 A.2d 1109
1987 R.I. LEXIS 548

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holding that the State must bear the ultimate responsibility for delay caused by the court calendar system, like delay caused by court congestion, and other delay of that nature
explaining that defendant demonstrated prejudice where testimony described “the deterioration of defendant's mental and physical well-being”
right to a speedy trial violated when the defendant filed four demands for a speedy trial and notified the state when no trial had occurred
even where “overwhelming bulk of the delay was caused by the criminal-court-calendar system * * * the ultimate responsibility for such delay must nevertheless be borne by the government”

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Judges: Fay

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