State v. Vasquez

In this criminal case, the issue is whether an 11-year delay between the filing of a “complainant’s information” against defendant for murder and defendant’s trial on that offense violated defendant’s right to a trial “without delay” under Article I, section 10, of the Oregon Constitution or to a “speedy trial” under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The trial court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the case on those grounds. On defendant’s appeal, the Court of Appeals disagreed. That court concluded that the delay was unjustified and prejudicial to defendant and,…