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U.S. v. Graham, No. 96-3056 (6th Cir.) (128 F.3d 372) (October 21, 1997) (Judge Damon J. Keith)

Convictions reversed on grounds that eight year hiatus between indictment and trial violated the Sixth Amendment's call for a speedy trial.

Here the Court held that because "the prosecutor and the court have an affirmative constitutional obligation to try the defendant in a timely manner . . . The burden ...

 

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