Can a defendant be prejudiced by the delay in prosecuting him?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bradford, B260886 (Cal. App. 2017):
The trial court found that defendant had not established that he was prejudiced by the delay in prosecuting him. As is permissible, the court postponed making this finding until after trial, at a time when it could assess the allegedly missing evidence against the full backdrop of the trial that had occurred. (People v. Pinedo (2005) 128 Cal.App.4th 968, 975.)
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