{"id":490,"date":"2018-10-23T10:01:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=490"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:50:42","slug":"appeals-court-in-florida-says-defendant-was-given-a-speedy-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/appeals-court-in-florida-says-defendant-was-given-a-speedy-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals Court in Florida Says Defendant was Given a \u201cSpeedy Trial\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Constitution guarantees that all criminal defendants get a \u201cspeedy trial.\u201d If you are familiar with the law, you will know that speedy is relative. If a defendant is denied a speedy trial, then they may be able to be released. The definition of what constitutes \u201cspeedy\u201d will vary depending on the circumstances, and your knowledgeable Clearwater criminal defense attorney can help you to determine whether the speedy trial provision of the Constitution was violated in your case.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Clothing and Prejudice<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While this case revolves centrally around a speedy trial issue, it is also about clothing. Defendants have a right to a speedy trial, and they also have a right to a fair and unbiased jury. One of the things that can prejudice the jury is when the defendant appears in front of them in jail clothing. In this case, a defendant was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. He was on pretrial release when he was brought back into custody after allegedly committing another offense.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/appeals-court-in-florida-says-defendant-was-given-a-speedy-trial\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Appeals Court in Florida Says Defendant was Given a \u201cSpeedy Trial\u201d\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Constitution guarantees that all criminal defendants get a \u201cspeedy trial.\u201d If you are familiar with the law, you will know that speedy is relative. If a defendant is denied a speedy trial, then they may be able to be released. The definition of what constitutes \u201cspeedy\u201d will vary depending on the circumstances, and your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-battery-on-law-enforcement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can Speedy Trial Rights Change Your Case?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When officers stop you, a speedy trial issue can hinge on given speedy. See how this ruling your defense in Clearwater. 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