TOM GLAZE, Justice.
This appeal requires us to decide for the first time whether, under the Sixth Amendment, a criminal defendant's right to a speedy trial encompasses a right to a speedy sentencing. We conclude that it does, and therefore we reverse the trial court's order sentencing appellant Michael Jolly to twenty-four years in prison (of which twelve years were suspended).
Jolly was charged with rape on August 27, 1996, for having consensual sexual intercourse...
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