United States v. Juan Alberto Cardona, Also Known as Juancho

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• concluding that when there is no evidence that the appellant knew about the charges until his arrest, but he timely asserted his right to a speedy trial after his arrest, the assertion-of-the-right factor weighs in the appellant's favor
• concluding that when there is no evidence that defendant knew about charges until his arrest, but he timely asserted his right to speedy trial after his arrest, assertion-of-right factor weighs in defendant’s favor
• concluding that when there is no evidence that the appellant knew about the charges until his arrest, but he timely asserted his right to a speedy trial after his arrest, the assertion-of-the-right factor weighs in the appellant’s favor
• holding that the government lacked “any evidence” to rebut the presumption of gen-' eral prejudice even though the government argued that the strength of its own evidence showed that the defendant did not suffer any impairment to his defense
• holding that the excessive delay was due to the negligence of the State and reasoning that, because the prejudice caused by excessive delay compounds over time, a five-year delay was sufficient to absolve the defendant of his burden to prove prejudice
• holding that five-year delay required dismissal

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