Supreme Court of the United States, 1991

Doggett v. United States

Doggett v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 27, 1991 · Consideration, Took
502 U.S. 976 (United States Reports)

Doggett v. United States

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 11th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 498 U. S. 1119.] Case restored to calendar for reargument. Counsel are directed to submit supplemental briefs on the question whether the history of the Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment supports the view that the Clause protects a right of citizens to repose, free from the fear of secret or unknown indictments for past crimes, independent of any interest in preventing lengthy pretrial incarceration or prejudice to the case of a criminal defendant.

Justice Thomas took no part in the consideration or decision of this order.

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