California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Powell, 115 Cal.Rptr. 109, 40 Cal.App.3d 107 (Cal. App. 1974):
In Barker v. Wingo (1972) 407 U.S. 514, 92 S.Ct. 2182, 33 L.Ed.2d 101, the United States Supreme Court turned to the heart of the problem. It recognized the lack of definition in this area and set forth guiding criteria for determining if the federal mandate under the Sixth Amendment is violated:
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