BRADEN v. 30TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF KY.

No. 71-6516.

410 U.S. 484 (1973)

BRADEN v. 30TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Hood argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

John M. Famularo, Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky, argued the cause for respondent pro hac vice. With him on the brief was Ed W. Hancock, Attorney General.*


MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner is presently serving a sentence in an Alabama prison. He applied to the District Court for the Western District of Kentucky for a writ of federal habeas corpus, alleging denial of his constitutional right to a speedy trial, Smith v. Hooey, 393 U.S. 374 (1969), and praying that an order issue directing respondent to afford him an immediate trial on a then...

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