Does the sixth amendment require a state to be diligent, good-faith effort to bring a prisoner to trial?
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The following excerpt is from Burrus v. Turnbo, 743 F.2d 693 (9th Cir. 1984):
3 But see Smith v. Hooey, 393 U.S. 374, 380, 383, 89 S.Ct. 575, 578, 579, 21 L.Ed.2d 607 (1969) (holding that the sixth amendment commands, though very generally, that a state must "make a diligent, good-faith effort" to bring a prisoner to trial).
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