Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Flowers v. Warden

488 U.S. 995

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-12-12
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • applying "clearly erroneous" standard of review to trial court's finding that child sexual abuse victim's hearsay statements were "trustworthy" as required by V.R.E. 804a(a)(4)
  • no sixth amendment violation even though only reason for 17-month delay, during which defendant was unable to post bail and remained incarcerated, was court docket congestion
  • no violation of right to speedy trial despite seventeen-month incarceration caused by congested courts

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
23 opinions

C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.