Me. Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner is presently serving a sentence in an Alabama prison. He applied to the District Court for the Western District of Kentucky for a writ of federal habeas corpus, alleging denial of his constitutional right to a speedy trial, Smith v. Hooey, <a href="/opinion/107824/smith-v-hooey/" aria-d…
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