Legal Opinion
People v. Cousart
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 1982PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Jasen, J.
On this appeal, we are asked to decide whether a delay of almost five years between defendant’s conviction and the Appellate Division’s decision reversing that conviction and ordering a new trial constitutes either a violation of the defendant’s constitutional right to a speedy trial or his right to due process of the law.
Defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first and second degrees and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first and third degrees. Judgment was entered June 4,1975 and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. LovascoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by34 opinions
- People v. BeyorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. MaddoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. GrossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Frank Cousart v. Edward R. Hammock, Chairman, New York State Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- People v. FinleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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