If a defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial is violated he:
a. charges against the defendant are dismissed.
b. time the defendant spent in jail awaiting trial is deducted from his sentence.
c. court determines the point at which the trial should have commenced and deducts from the sentence theperiod of time between then and the date the trial actually started
d. prosecution must go back to the grand jury stage and start all over.
a
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