Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Alabama v. Prince
Ala. v. Prince, 423 U.S. 876 (1975)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1975-10-06
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- "[T]he speedy trial right is designed to protect against two distinct types of prejudice--'prejudice to [the] defendant's defense and prejudice to [the] defendant's person.' "
- “Prejudice is immaterial where consideration of the other three factors ... coalesce in the defendant’s favor.”
- "prejudice is immaterial where consideration of the other three factors ... coalesce [sic] in the defendant's favor"
- eight years of unwarranted delay
- eight years of unwar ranted delay
Citator
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C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Blackmun would grant certiorari.