Zedner v. United States | |
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Argued April 18, 2006 Decided June 5, 2006 | |
Full case name | Jacob Zedner, Petitioner v. United States |
Docket no. | 05-5992 |
Citations | 547 U.S. 489 (more) 126 S. Ct. 1976; 164 L. Ed. 2d 749; 2006 U.S. LEXIS 4509; 74 U.S.L.W. 4271; 46 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 649; 19 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 213 |
Holding | |
A defendant cannot prospectively waive the protections of the Speedy Trial Act. Second Circuit reversed and remanded. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Alito, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia (all but Part III–A–2) |
Concurrence | Scalia (in part) |
Laws applied | |
Speedy Trial Act |
Zedner v. United States, 547 U.S. 489 (2006), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the right to a speedy trial. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for a unanimous Court, ruled that a defendant cannot prospectively waive the protections of the Speedy Trial Act.[1] Justice Antonin Scalia filed a partial concurrence, objecting to Alito's use of legislative history.