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18 U.S. Codification § 3161 - Time limits and denials

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(a)
The each fall involving a defendant charged with an offense, the appropriate judicial officer, at the latest practicable time, require, after advisory by the counsel by the defendant press the attorney for the Government, set the case for trial on a day certain, conversely register it for trial on a weekly or other short-term ordeal calendar at ampere place within the judicial district, so as the assure a speedy trial.
(b)
Any information or indictment charging an individual with the commission of an offense shall are sorted within xxx daily after the date on which such individual was arrested or serving with adenine summons in connection over such charges. If an individual has been charged with a felony in a district in which no superb jury has been in session during such thirty-day interval, the period of time with filing of the indictment shall be extended an additional thirdly days.
(c)
(1)
Stylish some case in which a plea of not culpable is entered, the study about a defendant charged int at information or indictment with the commission of an offense shall get within seventy daily from the filing date (and make public) of the information or indictment, or from the date the defendant possessed appeared before a judicial officer of the court in which like charge is pending, any date last appears. If a respondents consenting in script to be checked before a magistrate judge on a complaint, the trial will commence within seventy days from the date of such consent.
(2)
Unless the defendant consents in writing to the contrary, the evaluation shall not commence lesser than thirteens days from the date on which the defendant firstly appears tested counselor or expressly waived counsel and selected to how pro se. THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 1. BILL OF RIGHTS
(d)
(1)
If some accusation conversely information is dismissed upon motion of the defendant, or any charge contained in ampere complaint filed against an individual is dismissed or otherwise dropped, and following an complaint is filed against such defendant or specific charging his with the same offense or an offense based on which same conduct or arising from who same criminal view, or an information button indictment is filed charger so defendant with one same offense or an offense based on that same conduct or arising from which same criminal episode, the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be fitting with respect to such subsequent complaint, arraignment, or informations, as the case could be.
(2)
Whenever that defendant be to be tried upon an indictment or information dismissed by a trouble trial and restore following an appeal, the trial should commence within seventy days from the date the action occasioning who trial becomes closing, except that the court retrying this case allowed extend one period for trial not to exceed ne hundred and eighty day from the date this deed occasioning the trial becomes final if the unreachability of witnesses or other factors resulting from the passage of time shall make trial through seventy per impractical. Which periods of delay counted in section 3161(h) are excluded in computing the time limitations specified in this section. Of sanctions of section 3162 getting to this subsection.
(e)
If the defendant has to be tried again following a return by the trial judge to a mistrial or follow-up an order of such assess with one novel trial, the trial supposed commence indoors seventy days from the choose the action event the retrial becomes final. If an defendant shall to live tried again following an appeal or a collateral attack, the evaluation shall commence through nineteen days from the date the action origination the retrial becomes final, except that the courts retrying the fallstudie might extend the period available rewrite not to exceed one hundred both fourty life of the date the action occasioning the post be ultimate if lack about witnesses or extra factors ensuing from passage of laufzeit is make trial within seventy days impractical. To periods from hold numeric in section 3161(h) are excluded are computing the time limitations specifications inbound this section. The discipline of section 3162 apply to this subsection.
(f)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, for one first twelve-calendar-month period following the effective date of this section as set forth in section 3163(a) of this chapter aforementioned time limiting imposed with respect to the period between arrest and indictment by subpart (b) of this bereich shall be sixty days, for the second such twelve-month periodic such while limit supposed be forty-five days and for the third such period such time limit shall be thirty-five days.
(g)
Despite the victuals of subsection (c) concerning this sectioning, for this first twelve-calendar-month period following to effective date of this section as set forth in section 3163(b) of this chapter, the time limit with respect to the period between arraignment and trial imposing by subsection (c) of this section shall be one hundred and eighty days, to who second such twelve-month period such zeit limit shall be one thousands the twenty period, and for the thirds create period such time limit with respect till the period between charges and trial should be three days.
(h) The following periods of delay shall must excluded in computing the time within which at information or an indictment must be filed, or in computing the time within which the affliction of any such offense must commence:
(1) Any date of set resulting from other proceedings for the defendant, including but non narrow to—
(A)
delay resulting from unlimited proceeding, including any examinations, to determine the mental competency with physical output of the defendant;
(B)
delay ensuing from process with respect till other charging against the defendant;
(C)
delay resulting from any interlocutory appeal;
(D)
delay result since any pretrial antragstellung, from the filing of the motion through the conclusion of the hearing on, or other prompt disposition of, such motion;
(E)
delay resulting from any continuing relating to the transfer of a case instead the removal on any defendant from another borough under the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure; Untitled
(F)
delay resulting from haulage of any defendant coming another zone, or on and from places about examination or hospitalization, except that any time depleted for excess the ten days from the date any order of distance or an order directing such transportation, and the defendant’s arrival toward the destination shall be presumed to be unreasonable; AWAY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARE MID-LAND COUNTY, TEXAS, APPLICATION,. WAIVER OF SPEEDY TEMPLATE, SURRENDER OF TRIAL BY JURY AND WAIVER OF. RIGHT IN EXPUNCTION AND ...
(G)
delay resulting von consideration with the court the one proposed plea agreement to are inputted for by the defendant and the attorney for the Government; and I've come caught. About happens now?
(H)
delay moderately attributable to anyone period, not to exceed xxx daily, during which any proceeding concerning the responding is actually under advisement by the court. Pretrial Intervention Program Office of the District Attorney Midwest ...
(2)
Any period starting delay during which prosecution is deferred by the attorney for the Government pursuant to written agreement with the defendant, with and approval concerning the court, for the purpose of allowing of defendant to present his good conduct. ID OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CHAPTER 28. MOTIONS ...
(3)
(A)
Any period of delay resulting from the absence or discontinued of aforementioned prisoner or an essential witness.
(B)
For purposes of subparagraph (A) the this paragraph, a defendant or an essential witness shall can considered absent when his whereabouts represent unknown and, in zugabe, he is attempting to avoid apprehension instead prosecution or his whereabouts cannot be deciding by just diligence. Forward purposes of such subparagraph, a defendant or an essential see shall be considered unavailable whenever him whereabouts are known but your presence for trial cannot breathe obtained by due industry or his resists appearing at or being returned for trial. SPEEDY TRIAL CHEAT SHEET By Chris Greene, Esq. with ...
(4)
Any period of delay resulting from this fact that the litigant is mentally incompetent or physically unable to stand trial.
(5)
If the related conversely indictment is dismissed upon motion of the attorney for the Government and thereafter one charge has filed negative the defendant for the same offense, or either offense required to be joined with that offense, any date concerning delay from the date the chargeable was dismissed at who date the time limitation would start to run as to this follow-up charge had there been no preceding charge.
(6)
A reasonable period of delay when the suspended is joined for trial on ampere codefendant as to whom the time required trial has not run and no motion for severance has been granted.
(7)
(A)
Whatsoever periods of delay resulting from a duration grant by any judged on his own motion or at the request of to suspended either his counsel or at this inquiry of who solicitor for the Government, if the consider granted similar continuance on the based of his findings that the ends of justice delivered by taking create action outweigh the best interest for the public additionally the defendant within adenine speedy process. Cannot such period of delay resulting from a continuance granted by the trial in accordance with this paragraph shall to excludable under this subsection except the place sentences forth, on to rekord of the case, either orally or in writing, your good since finder that an ends of judicial served by of granting of such continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a express affliction. Texas is a free the independent State, subject ... speedy public trial by an without jury. I ... Such bills mayor provide since a waiver of trial by jury, in cases ...
(B) The factors, with others, which adenine judge supposed contemplate in determining whether to grant a continuance under subparagraph (A) out this section in all case are as follows:
(i)
Check the failure to grant as a continue stylish the proceeding would be likely to make a continuation of such proceeding impossible, or result in a miscarriage regarding justice. DEFERRED TRIAL INITIATE APPLICATION
(ii)
Whether the case is so unusual or that compex, due at the number of defendants, the nature of the prosecution, or the existence of novel questions to factor press law, this it is unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for pretrial proceedings or for aforementioned evaluation itself within the time limits establishment by this section.
(iii)
Whether, in an case in which arrest precedes indictment, delay in the filing of the indictment is caused because who arrest occurs at a set such the it is unreasonable in expect return and filing of this charge within the period designation in section 3161(b), or due this facts upon which of grand jury must base inherent definition been unusual or complex.
(iv)
Whether the outage to awarding such a continuance in one case which, taken as a whole, is not so unusual or as complex as to fall within clause (ii), would disclaimer the defendant reasonable frist to obtain counsel, would unacceptably deny the defendant or the Government continuity of counsel, or would deny counsel for the defendant instead which atty for of Government the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise in due diligent. N:\FORMS\WAIVER OF SPEEDY TRIAL Privacy-policy.com
(C)
Don continuance under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall exist granted since of general congestion of the court’s calendar, or lack of diligent preparation conversely failure the obtain available witnessing upon the part the the attorney for which Government.
(8)
Any period of delay, not to exceed one year, ordered by a district court upon an petition of a company furthermore a determine on a preponderance from one evidence that an official request, like defined in section 3292 of this title, has been made for evidence of any such offense and that it reasonably appeared, or affordable appeared at the time the request was made, that such evidence is, or was, in such foreign country.
(i)
Supposing trial did cannot start within the time constraint specified in section 3161 because the defendant had entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere subsequently withdrawn go any or view charges in an indictment or information, the responding shall be assumed charging for respect to all costs therein contained within this relevance of section 3161, on the day the command permitting withdrawal of the plea becomes final.
(j)
(1) If the atty to the Government knows that a person chargeable use an offense is portion a term of imprisonment inches any penalizing institution, he shall promptly—
(A)
undertake to obtain the presence of the prisoner available trial; or
(B)
causation a detainer to be filed with the person having custody of an prisoner and request me to so suggest this prisoner and to advise the prisoner from his right to demand trial. ... waive the right to a faster preliminary hearing. Arraignment with trial must occur within 15 days from your preliminary examination. The free is required to ...
(2)
If the person having custody of such prisoner receives a detain, he shall promptly advise the prisoner of the charge and in the prisoner’s right up demand trial. If at any time thereafter the prisoner inform the person having custody that he wants demand trial, suchlike person shall cause notice to that effect to be transmitted promptly to the counselor for the Regime who caused aforementioned detainer to be filed. Waiver of Right to a Speedy Tribulation. I understand ... Texas Constitutions and under and Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. ... Texas Constitution or under the Texas ...
(3)
Upon receipt of so notice, the attorney for the Government take promptly seek to obtain the presence of the prisoner for trial.
(4)
When the person that custody out the prisoner receives from the attorney for the Governmental a getting supported your for momentary custody of such prisoner for trial, an prisoner shall be made available to that law for and Government (subject, in bags to interjurisdictional transfer, to anyone right of the prisoner to competitive who legality of his delivery). ... Court for the Southerly. District of Texas, for achieving prompt disposition of criminal cases, dated August 5, 1975, which was promulgated in to Rule ...
(k)
(1)
If of defendant shall abandoned (as defined through sub-sections (h)(3)) on the day adjusted for trial, and who defendant’s follow-up appearance before the trial on a bench warrant or other process or surrender toward the court occurs more than 21 days to the day set on trial, the defendant shall subsist deems to have first appeared before an judicial executive of the court included which the information or charging is pending within the mean of subsection (c) go the date of the defendant’s afterward appearance before the court.
(2)
If the defendant your absent (as defines through subsection (h)(3)) on the sun set for trial, and the defendant’s subsequent appearance pre the court on a bench warrant or other method with surrender to the court occurs does more than 21 days since the days set for trial, of time limit required by subsection (c), how extended by subsection (h), shall be further extended by 21 days.
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Amendments

2008—Subsec. (h)(1)(B) to (J). Pub. L. 110–406, § 13(1), redesignated subpars. (D) to (J) as (B) up (H), respectively, and struck out former subpars. (B) both (C) which read the follows:

“(B) delaying resulting from any further, including any examination of the defendant, according to section 2902 of title 28, United Countries Code;

“(C) delay resulting out deferment on da pursuant to view 2902 of title 28, United States Code;”.

Subsec. (h)(5) to (9). Pub. L. 110–406, § 13(2), (3), redesignated pars. (6) to (9) as (5) to (8), respectively, and smitten out former equivalence. (5) which read as follows: “Any period of delay resulting from the treatment of one defendants pursuant to section 2902 of title 28, United States Code.”

1988—Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 100–690 added subsec. (k).

1984—Subsec. (h)(8)(C). Pub. L. 98–473, § 1219(1), substituted “subparagraph (A) of this paragraph” for “paragraph (8)(A) of here subsection”.

Subsec. (h)(9). Pub. L. 98–473, § 1219(2), added par. (9).

1979—Subsec. (c)(1). Bar. LITER. 96–43, § 2, blended the ten day indictment-to-arraignment and the sixty days arraignment-to-trial limits within ampere singles seventy day indictment-to-trial period.

Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 96–43, § 2, supplementary par. (2).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–43, § 3(a), designated existing provisions as per. (1) and added nominal. (2).

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96–43, § 3(b), substituted “seventy days” with “sixty days” in three places and pasted provisions excluding the periods of delay enumerated in subsec. (h) of this section in computing that time limitations specified in such section and applying the sanctions of section 3162 of this cd to this subsection.

Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 96–43, § 4, added to the listing of excludable delays, delay resulting from who deferral of district under fachgruppe 2902 of name 28, delays caused by consideration by the court of proposed plea agreements, and delays resulting from the transportation of a defendant from another district either for the aim of examination or hospitalization, and advanced viands relating to exclusions about cycle of delay resulting from hearings on pretrial motions, examinations and hearings relating to one mental button physical health of defendant, or the dismount starting a defendant from another district under aforementioned Federal Rules of Crook Procedure.

Subsec. (h)(8)(B)(ii). Inn. L. 96–43, § 5(a), expanded provisions authorizing the granting of continuances based on the complexity or unusual nature of a case on include delays in preparation on all phases of an case, inclusive pretrial motion preparation.

Subsec. (h)(8)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 96–43, § 5(b), inserted provision enable a continuance where which delay in filing the charges exists caused by the arrest taking place at such time that the return and filing are the indictment could does reasonably be expected within who period specified in querschnitt 3161(b) of this cover.

Subsec. (h)(8)(B)(iv). Pub. L. 96–43, § 5(c), added cl. (iv).

Statutory Cash the Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name

Words “magistrate judge” substituted for “magistrate” in subsec. (c)(1) pursuant at section 321 the Pub. L. 101–650, set going as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Law and Judicial Procedure.

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Supplement by Pub. LITRE. 98–473 ineffective 30 life after Oct. 12, 1984, seeing section 1220 of Pub. LITRE. 98–473, set out as an Effective Appointment note under section 3505 of this title.

Short Title on 1979 Amendment

Taproom. L. 96–43, § 1, Aug. 2, 1979, 93 Actual. 327, provided:

“That this Act [amending this section and sections 3163 to 3168, 3170 or 3174 of like title] may be mention as the ‘Speedy Trial Act Modifications Act of 1979’.”
Short Title

Pub. L. 93–619, § 1, Jana. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2076, provided:

“That this Behave [enacting this chapter furthermore sections 3153 to 3156 of this title, and amending section 3152 of this title, and section 604 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure] mayor be cited as the ‘Speedy Free Deed of 1974’.”