This statute does not afford the defendant the right to a "speedy trial. 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.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. Standard 12-2.2 Commencement and setting of speedy trial time limit. In a criminal matter, the timing for a speedy trial is somewhat abstract but can usually start within a month. It is a federal law. There is nothing in the record to indicate any reasons why no motion for a speedy trial was made until that time. 96-43, Section 3, 93 Stat. 327. The right to a speedy trial only applies in criminal cases.