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PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

No. S064558.

94 Cal.Rptr.2d 381 (2000)

22 Cal.4th 750

996 P.2d 32

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Denise M. MARTINEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Carroll, Public Defender, Dawnella Gilzean, Cassandra Kinchen and Gary R. Nichols, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Michael P. Judge, Public Defender (Los Angeles) and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Keith I. Motley, Pamela A. Ratner and Michael T. Murphy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

KENNARD, J.

The state and federal Constitutions both guarantee criminal defendants the right to a speedy trial (U.S. Const., 6th Amend.; Cal. Const., art. I, § 15, cl. 1), and both guarantees operate in state criminal prosecutions (see Klopfer v. North Carolina (1967) 386 U.S. 213, 222-223, 87 S.Ct. 988, 18 L.Ed.2d 1 [holding that the 6th Amend.'s speedy trial guarantee applies to state criminal prosecutions]), but there...

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