Doggett v. United States
United States Supreme Court
505 U.S. 647 (1992)
Relevant factsFree
Doggett (defendant) was indicted on drug conspiracy charges but had no knowledge of the indictment; he lived abroad for two years, then returned to the United States and lived openly, passing through customs, marrying, and working, for six more years before the government discovered the outstanding warrant and arrested him, roughly eight and a half years after the indictment.
IssueFree
Whether an eight-and-a-half-year delay between indictment and arrest violates the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial.