They said, as for the speedy trial, the clock starts ticking from Padilla's indictment in 2005, not his detention three years earlier.
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His lawyers say Boyer's constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated.
"Mr Blatt is happy that it will finally get underway, and hopes for a fair and speedy trial, " his lawyer, Stefan Schuenemann said.
The Speedy Trial Act requires that those charged be tried within a relatively short time after they are charged or captured, whichever comes last.
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Every prisoner will have the right to a lawyer (which they will surely demand), the right to remain silent, and the right to a speedy trial.
The Californian constitution guarantees criminal defendants a right to speedy trial, but it does not technically require courts to administer civil law at all, Ms Feinstein says.
The defendant's lawyers are expected to waive the "speedy trial" requirement to give them time to prepare would could be a lengthy criminal trial, two government sources indicated.
Congressman Edcel Lagman, chairman of the House of Representatives justice committee, cites recent surveys showing that only about a third of Filipinos expect a speedy trial in a court case.
India's foreign minister is on a three-day visit to Pakistan where he is expected to press for a speedy trial of people held there in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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"On the criminal side, either they have to prosecute diligently or they've got a constitutional issue that allows the defendant to walk" because of the right to a speedy trial, said Bennett.
They told the court in Florida that the deadline for a speedy trial has long since passed, and they say Padilla was consistently tortured for nearly the entire three years and eight months of his detention.
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In addition, she reminded him that his lawyer had filed a motion to have the case dismissed on the grounds that he was denied his right to a speedy trial -- a motion that Lind denied Tuesday.
While complaining about a supposed violation of her constitutional right to a speedy and public trial, Waters also has railed against the secrecy surrounding the panel's proceedings.
The Bill of Rights set out the bedrock principles that ultimately would become the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including freedom of the press and the right to a "speedy and public" trial.
Judge Sim Lake, a by-the-books judge if there ever was one, will levy a verdict himself because Lay waved his right to a jury trial in hopes of a speedy decision on the bank fraud allegation.
After a period of about three weeks for brief filing, it anticipates a speedy determination by the judge, who some credit (and others criticize) for expediting the trial.
The prosecution in the Lockerbie trial of two Libyans suspected of blowing up a Pan Am airliner in 1988 would like a speedy conclusion, and the fallout from the judgment may be limited.
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