United States v. Pikus (2d Cir, June 2022)
Recent Circuit Cases, Second Circuit, Speedy Trial
|The Second Circuit reversed a defendant’s conviction after holding that the district court should have granted the defendant’s motions to dismiss, which were based on the government’s violation of his right to a speedy trial. The Government caused a delay of over three and a half years, and the district court erroneously excluded time from the speedy trial calculations merely because the case was “complex,” which was insufficient.