OPINION
MOWBRAY, Justice.
This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed on the ground that the petitioner, a juvenile, had been denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. We reverse, and order that the writ issue and that the juvenile be released from custody.
The juvenile court system as we have come to know it in America began at the end of the last century. Special proceedings were inaugurated for those...
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