1. Does a Criminal defendant have a Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional Protection against the arbitrary deprivation by a state of one's State created liberty interest in State Statutory laws related to procedures regarding a Speedy Trial?

2. Under this Court's reasoning in Payal vs. Davis, 424 U.S. 693, 710-711 (1976), is there any doubt that State law may confer rights and privileges which, once granted, may not be denied or withheld without violating due process?

3. Pursuant to this Court's holding in Klopfer vs. North Carolina, 386 U.S. 213, 87 S. Ct. 988 (1967) and Smith vs. Hooey, 393 U.S. 374 (1969), does the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - made applicable to the States via Sixth Amendment - guarantee the right to a Speedy Trial pursuant to a State's Criminal Trial Procedures outlining Speedy Trial directives.

Does a Criminal defendant have a Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional Protection against the arbitrary deprivation by a state of one's State created liberty interest in State Statutory laws related to procedures regarding a Speedy Trial?