Post by Logan on Mar 17, 2016 4:23:15 GMT -6
Supreme Court: 20-year delay in DUI case violated man's right to speedy trial
GRAND FORKS — It took 20 years for Jason William Gale to be found guilty of a Grand Forks DUI charge, but it only took about eight months to reverse that decision.
Gale argued the judgment shouldn’t stick because the two-decade delay violated his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial, and the North Dakota Supreme Court agreed.
The Court ruled Tuesday that Gale’s criminal judgment should be dismissed because he didn’t have a speedy trial.
Gale was arrested on Columbia Road in Grand Forks on the DUI charge in 1995. Gale hired Henry Howe as his attorney and signed a “limited power of attorney,” authorizing Howe to appear in court on Gale’s behalf.
Read more: bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/supreme-court--year-delay-in-dui-case-violated-man/article_1722f215-df65-5f60-8614-c70c1f2f66e9.html
GRAND FORKS — It took 20 years for Jason William Gale to be found guilty of a Grand Forks DUI charge, but it only took about eight months to reverse that decision.
Gale argued the judgment shouldn’t stick because the two-decade delay violated his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial, and the North Dakota Supreme Court agreed.
The Court ruled Tuesday that Gale’s criminal judgment should be dismissed because he didn’t have a speedy trial.
Gale was arrested on Columbia Road in Grand Forks on the DUI charge in 1995. Gale hired Henry Howe as his attorney and signed a “limited power of attorney,” authorizing Howe to appear in court on Gale’s behalf.
Read more: bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/supreme-court--year-delay-in-dui-case-violated-man/article_1722f215-df65-5f60-8614-c70c1f2f66e9.html