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State v. Velasquez

Montana Supreme Court

Decided August 30, 2016No. DA 14-0770PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

¶1 Hilario Martin Velasquez was arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia in September 2013. He was jailed in Roosevelt County for over ten months while he awaited testing results from the State Crime Lab. Finally, at the end of July 2014, a Roosevelt County jury convicted Velasquez of both charges. The trial court rejected Velasquez’s argument that he was denied a speedy trial. We reverse and remand for dismissal of the charges.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶2 Velasquez was riding in the back seat of a car that was stopped on September 25, 2013, when a law enforcement…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. State v. AriegweMontana Supreme Court · 2007
  4. State v. JeffersonMontana Supreme Court · 2003
  5. State v. CoutureMontana Supreme Court · 2010

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  5. State v. MayesMontana Supreme Court · 2016

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