Blog: Criminal Defense

A criminal defendant deserves procedural due process

Mar 7, 2017

For a defendant facing criminal charges, the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the right to a speedy trial. Although there may not be an exact definition of speediness, even the most subjective interpretations would not stand for a ten-year incarceration period without trial. Yet that is the predicament facing one defendant accused of shooting a man in connection with a drug deal. According to the allegations, the defendant and two of...