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Jason M Kalafat
Washington Criminal Defense Attorney.
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  1. Jason M Kalafat

I was arrested little under 2yrs ago on a felony drug charge, i was handcuffed, printed, photographed, questioned, put in cell

Asked by a user in Chandler, AZ - over 1 year ago.

Unfortunately, your speedy trial rights do not begin until you have been arraigned on the charges; the arraignment appears to be the hearing you recently attended. In certain circumstances, a case may be dismissed for excessive or prejudicial pre-indictment delay (meaning the Government took a long time, without sufficient reason, between the date of the crime and date of the indictment), but in my experience a delay of less than two years in a felony drug case will likely not be deemed...