Court Opinion

ID: 9448448
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 23:36:26.316823+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:31:26.350268
License: Public Domain

RIVES, Circuit Judge
(concurring specially).
I concur in the result, but differ from one part of the opinion which seems to me not necessary for the result. The statement in the opinion that the right to a speedy trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment does not arise until after a prosecution is instituted against the accused is supported by several opinions of Courts of Appeals. See Foley v. United States, 8 Cir., 1961, 290 F.2d 562, 565, and cases there cited. It does not seem to me, however, that that proposition is “well established” in the absence of a controlling decision of the Supreme Court; and, with deference, I am not convinced that it is sound. I forego expressing reasons for my doubts because I am satisfied that, under the facts of this case, there was no unnecessary and unreasonable delay at any stage, either before the prosecution was instituted or afterward. In all other respects, I am in full accord with the comprehensive and able opinion. I therefore concur specially.