The federal constitutional right to a speedy trial begins to run from the time that

A) police received the complaint that a crime has been committed.
B) when the defendant has been arrested, indicted or had an information filed against the defendant for that specific crime, which ever comes first.
C) a defendant demands to receive a speedy trial and this is the only way to begin the running of the time calculation for the speedy trial right.
D) the police developed probable cause to believe that the identified defendant committed the crime regardless of when that person is indicted or arrested.
E) the defendant allegedly committed the crime and has no relationship to the moment when the victims reported the crime to police officials.


B

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