speedy trial

speedy trial
A right of an accused. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 241. A trial conducted according to fixed rules, regulations, and proceedings of law, free from vexatious, capricious, and oppressive delays. State v Jackson, 228 Or 371, 365 P2d 294, 89 ALR2d 1225; Gerchman v State, 206 Tenn 109, 332 SW2d 182. The constitutional and statutory right of one accused of a criminal offense to a speedy trial is a right which is personal to the accused alone and one in which the state has no special interest, and it has been held without question that he may waive his right in that respect. Anno: 129 ALR 574.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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