IN GENERAL: Criminal Procedure Law § 30.30, also known as "statutory speedy trial," requires the prosecution to establish its readiness for trial on an. If you have been arrested for a crime and the prosecution violates your right to a speedy trial, you have the right to be released from custody.Standard 12-2.2 Commencement and setting of speedy trial time limit. TITLE C General Principles Relating to Requirements For and Exemptions From Criminal Prosecution ARTICLE 30 Timeliness of Prosecutions and Speedy Trial If the respondent is not detained pending trial, counsel will ordinarily not want to advance the date of pretrial hearings or the trial. In Illinois, the right to a speedy trial only occurs when the defense files a formal Demand For Speedy Trial. 96-43, Section 3, 93 Stat. 327. ¶ 22 First, King testified to the speedytrial issue. It is a federal law. Defendants have the right to a speedy trial in the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.