Timing Defenses
Learn about timing-related defenses to white-collar crime charges, including statutes of limitation, the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial, the federal Speedy Trial Act, and Rule 48(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
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The government’s failure to charge or try a defendant in a timely manner may provide the defendant with a defense to prosecution. If the government delays too long in charging a defendant after a crime is committed, the federal statutes of limitation and the Constitution’s Due Process Clause offer a potential defense. Alternatively, unnecessary delay between charging a defendant and trying him may violate the Sixth Amendment, the Speedy Trial Act, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, or...
