Appellate Court Gives Some Teeth to Speedy Trial Requirement
December 29th, 2009
In State v. Tsetsekas, decided on December 14, 2009, the Appellate Division gave some teeth to the constitutional speedy trial requirement in DWI prosecutions. Generally, motions to dismiss a case in Municipal Court for failure to provide the defendant with a speedy trial are looked at by municipal court judges with skepticism and are rarely [...]
