Joel Rivera-Alejandro v. United States
Whether Petitioners Constitutional Fifth Amendment's Right to Due Process of Law and his Sixth Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial were violated when his trial did not begin until five years/two months after his indictment; his trial lasted seventeen months/ eight days, and from conviction to sentence two years/four months, for a total of nine years/ten days. The filing of excessive multi-defendant Indictments that will necessarily cause Constitutional Speedy Trial violations should be prohibited.
The excessive delay of seventeen months/eight days length of trial violated Petitioner's Due Process rights to a speedy and fair trial since the verdict was based on the jury's faulty memory.
Whether Petitioners Constitutional Fifth Amendment's Right to Due Process of Law and his Sixth Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial were violated