State v. Allen

Dean Allen appeals a judgment of conviction and sentence imposed for first-degree intentional homicide. Allen argues that the ten-month delay between the time of his conviction and his sentencing violated his right to a speedy trial, guaranteed by the sixth amendment to the United States Constitution 1 and applicable to state criminal proceedings by virtue of the fourteenth amendment. Although we conclude that a defendant's right to a speedy trial encompasses the time from which the person is accused to the time of sentencing, we do not agree that Allen's right to speedy sentencing was…