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California Supreme Court holds that criminal cases must be dismissed if the State violates the right of the accused to a ?speedy trial.?

By Walin & Klarich

In upholding 18 criminal case dismissals, a ruling passed down by the California Supreme Court unanimously rejected Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco?s argument that that all available courtrooms should have been converted to help deal with the severe backlog of criminal cases that were awaiting trial. The backlog of pending criminal cases in Riverside County was so overwhelming that a number of them had been dismissed due to the state?s inability to meet speedy trial deadlines. In 2007, a Judicial Council task force found that one in four of the county?s jail inmates had been awaiting trial for more than one year. Of those inmates, 127 have been waiting for more than two years, and 32 have been waiting for their trial for over four years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on November 03, 2010 (boomark / email).