Park v. Territory of Hawaii

Appellant was convicted in the Ha-waiin circuit court of the crime of extortion, and on appeal to the Supreme Court of the Territory his conviction was affirmed. 1 The crime was allegedly committed in November of 1947 and the indictment was returned in April of 1949, the trial being had in the autumn of the latter year.

Appellant asserts that he was denied due process under the Fifth Amendment and v/as not accorded a speedy trial as provided by the Sixth. The assertion appears to be grounded, not on any recognizable application historically given these constitutional guarantees, but on what is…