Under 6th Amendment speedy trial right, the delays in trial attributable to continuances and other extensions sought by appointed defense counsel, many due to defendant’s intransigence, were not chargeable to the State.
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Arizona v. Johnson, No. 07-1122, __ U.S. __ (Jan. 26, 2009)
Arizona v. Johnson (U.S., Ginsburg, J.) – During a lawful stop for a traffic infraction, the police may conduct a patdown search of a passenger whom they reasonably suspect to be armed and dangerous.
Herring v. United States, No. 07-513, __ U.S. __ (Jan. 14, 2009)
Arrest based on police clerk’s report of an active warrant, which was found fifteen minutes later to have been recalled five months earlier, was not subject to the 4th Amendment exclusionary rule, as the police mistake was not “deliberate, reckless, or grossly negligent” nor the result of “circumstances recurring or systemic negligence.”