Speedy Trial Act - Federal law establishing time limits for carrying out major events, i.e. indictment, arraignment, etc., in a criminal prosecution.
Speedy Trial
(n) Speedy trial is the right available to a defendant to demand the conclusion of the trial early so as to complete it before violating the provisions contained in the 5th amendment, ...
speedy trial : a trial conducted according to prevailing rules and procedures that takes place without unreasonable or undue delay or within a statutory period NOTE: The right to a speedy trial is guaranteed to ...
Speedy Trial
The rule of law arising under the 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution or under state constitutions mandating that a person accused of a crime be discharged in the event the prosecuting authorities fail to bring him/her ...
Speedy trial
A rule of law wherein the defendant must be brought to trial within 180 days (effective Jan. 1, 1994).
speedy trial The right of a criminal defendant to have a prompt trial; the exact time limits are set by court rule.
SPR Special Proceedings Rules; i.e., Rule 98.12W is cited SPR 98.12W.
Speedy trial
Definition - Noun
: a trial conducted according to prevailing rules and procedures that takes place without unreasonable or undue delay or within a statutory period ...
speedy trial
n. in criminal prosecutions, the right of a defendant to demand a...
spendthrift clause
n. a provision in a trust or will that states that if a prospecti...
Fair trial Â- Speedy trial
Jury trial Â- Counsel
Presumption of innocence
Exclusionary rule1
Self-incrimination
Double jeopardy2 ...
Expanded Legal Definition of SitusSixth Amendment A 1791 amendment to the American Constitution guaranteeing fundamental rights in criminal proceedings such as speedy trial, impartiality, public evidence of witnesses and a right to a lawyer.
waive
v. to voluntarily give up something, including not enforcing a term of a contract (such as insisting on payment on an exact date), or knowingly giving up a legal right such as a speedy trial, a jury trial or a hearing on extradition.
many cornerstones of our democracy: freedom of speech, religion, and assembly; prohibitions against unreasonable search and seizure, cruel and unusual punishment, and compelled self-incrimination; and the rights to due process and a speedy trial if ...
14, 28. In the United States, the judges of the criminal courts are required to cause the accused to be tried within the times prescribed by the local statutes, and the constitutions rcqpire a speedy trial.
into the proclaimed district to be tried might, in a proper case, be justified." The learned judge admits that there should be a power of summary trial, observing all the substantials of justice, in order to stamp out an insurrection by speedy trial.
 See also: Trial, Law, Right, State, Person
  
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