Barker v. Wingo

Barker v. Wingo
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 11, 1972 Decided June 22, 1972
Full case name	Willie Mae Barker v. John W. Wingo, Warden
Citations	407 U.S. 514 (more) 92 S. Ct. 2182; 33 L. Ed. 2d 101
Case history
Prior	442 F.2d 1141 (6th Cir. 1971); cert. granted, 404 U.S. 1037 (1972).
Holding
Determinations of whether the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial has been violated must be done on a case-by-case basis.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	Powell, joined by unanimous
Concurrence	White, joined by Brennan

Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, specifically the right of defendants in criminal cases to a speedy trial. The Court held that determinations of whether or not the right to a speedy trial has been violated must be made on a case-by-case basis, and set forth four factors to be considered in the determination.^[1]