What is the test for section 13 of the California State Constitution to protect accused of crime against possible delay?
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The following excerpt is from Hankla v. Municipal Court, 102 Cal.Rptr. 896, 26 Cal.App.3d 342 (Cal. App. 1972):
The function of section 13 of article I of the State Constitution is 'to protect those accused of crime against possible delay, caused either by willful oppression, Or the neglect of the state or its officers.' (In re Begerow (1901) 133 Cal. 349, 355, 65 P. 828, 830, emphasis added. See also Jones v. Superior[26 Cal.App.3d 357] Court, supra, 3 Cal.3d 734, 738, 91 Cal.Rptr. 578, 478 P.2d 10;
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