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Arkansas Motion for a Speedy Trial
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Overview of Penal Code 1382 PC A formal charge (aka, an "information) must be filed against the defendant within 15 days of arrest; For infractions and misdemeanors, a trial must be held within 30-45 days of arraignment; For felonies, a trial must be held within 60 days of arraignment.
(a) Any defendant charged with an offense and incarcerated in a city or county jail in this state pending trial shall be released on his own recognizance if not brought to trial within nine (9) months from the time provided in Rule 28.2, excluding only such periods of necessary delay as are authorized in Rule 28.3.
-- Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 28.3 requires that any period to be excluded from the one-year speedy-trial period "shall" be set forth in a written order or docket entry; this requirement of a written order or docket entry is satisfied when there is such an order or docket entry as well as when the record ...
A law enforcement officer who has detained a person under Rule 3.1 shall immediately advise that person of his official identity and the reason for the detention.
Subject to constitutional limitations, the prosecuting attorney shall, upon request, be informed as soon as practicable before trial of the nature of any defense which defense counsel intends to use at trial and the names and addresses of persons whom defense counsel intends to call as witnesses in support thereof.
The United States Constitution does not precisely define what a speedy trial is. Unsurprisingly, much litigation and legislation has helped to determine time limits for a speedy trial. The U.S. Supreme Court has laid out factors to consider when deciding whether the time to trial was speedy enough.
