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Tenth Circuit Rejects Speedy Trial Act Violation Due to COVID

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The Speedy Trial Act says that a federal criminal defendant has a right to be tried within 70 days of his initial appearance, so this guy who had to wait almost a thousand days for his trial has a pretty good argument, right? Tenth Circuit: Wrong! (We won't spoil the court's reasoning, but it rhymes with "pænˈdemɪk.")


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