[1] The Clause protects the defendant from delay between the presentation of the indictment or similar charging instrument and the beginning of trial.
Within these parameters, it was determined that the five-year wait for this case to go trial was not in violation of the Constitution.
In addition to the constitutional guarantee, various state and federal statutes confer a more specific right to a speedy trial.
In New York, the prosecution must be "ready for trial" within six months on all felonies except murder, or the charges are dismissed by action of law without regard to the merits of the case.
[6] In Zedner v. United States (2006) the Supreme Court determined that a defendant cannot waive his right to a speedy trial using the Speedy Trial Clause because the clause protects all parties involved in a case to ensure that no one's interests are being implicated.