Supreme Court· 3/9/2009

Vermont v. Brillon

Citations

556 U.S. 81
129 S. Ct. 1283
173 L. Ed. 2d 231
2009 U.S. LEXIS 1780

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that “assigned counsel’s failure to move the case forward does not warrant attribution of delay to the state” for purposes of speedy trial claim
noting that a publicly assigned or privately retained counsel for a criminal defendant is not ordinarily considered a state actor
stating “a court should consider whether some of the delay is attributable to the defendant”
to whom delays may be charged, the defendant or the state, for purposes of speedy trial considerations
“Unlike a prosecutor or the court, assigned counsel ordinarily is not considered a state actor.”
“Unlike a prosecutor or the court, assigned counsel ordinarily is not considered a state actor.”

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Judges: Ginsburg, Breyer, Stevens

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