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Dickey v. Florida, 398 U.S. 30 (1970)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Dickey v. Florida, 398 U.S. 30 (1970)
Dickey v. Florida No. 728 Argued January 21, 1970 Decided May 25, 1970 398 U.S. 30
CERTIORARI TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT
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During a period of over seven years while petitioner was in federal custody and available to the State of Florida, which had issued a warrant for his arrest on a state criminal charge, petitioner made repeated but unsuccessful efforts to secure a prompt trial in the state court. During that period, two witnesses died, another potential defense witness allegedly became unavailable, and possibly relevant police records were lost or destroyed. Thereafter, the State filed an information against petitioner and, following denial of petitioner’s motion to quash on the ground that he had been denied his right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment as made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment, petitioner was convicted and the appellate court affirmed.
Held: On the record in this case, where petitioner was at all times available to the State and there was no valid excuse for the prejudicial delay, the judgment against petitioner must be vacated by the trial court. Pp. 36-38.
215 So.2d 772, reversed and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Dickey v. Florida, 398 U.S. 30 (1970) in 398 U.S. 30 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=72LGLDUBWNJ9FL5.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Dickey v. Florida, 398 U.S. 30 (1970), in 398 U.S. 30, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=72LGLDUBWNJ9FL5.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Dickey v. Florida, 398 U.S. 30 (1970). cited in 1970, 398 U.S. 30. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=72LGLDUBWNJ9FL5.
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