United States v. Seltzer

HENRY, Chief Judge.

The Supreme Court has called the Sixth Amendment guarantee to a speedy trial both an “amorphous” right and a “fundamental” one. Andy Eugene Seltzer’s case exemplifies the difficult application of this constitutional protection and particularly, the complexities inherent in the balancing of the defining factors delineated by Supreme Court precedent. The district court granted Mr. Seltzer’s motion for dismissal based on a violation of his Sixth Amendment rights. Because we agree that, under the circumstances, Mr. Seltzer’s rights were violated, we affirm the district court’s…