What constitutes "good cause" for delay in a criminal trial?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Greenberger v. Superior Court, 219 Cal.App.3d 487, 267 Cal.Rptr. 849 (Cal. App. 1990):

Although section 1382 prohibits delay without "good cause" it does not define good cause. Instead "[w]hat constitutes good cause for the delay of a criminal trial is a matter that lies within the discretion of the trial court." (People v. Johnson, supra, 26 Cal.3d 557, 570, 162 Cal.Rptr. 431, 606 P.2d 738.) The circumstances that may constitute good cause and the amount of delay those circumstances may justify are varied.

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