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e legacy of the poor treatment of crime victims in the criminal Bustice] process." 150 Cong. Rec. S4269 (daily ed. Apr. 22, 2004) (statement of Sen. Feinstein). In any event, the VRRA did not contain any "right to confer," or a "right to be treated with fairness. and thus it does not provide guidance for

speedy trial right "may attach before an indictment and as early as the time of arrest and holding to answer a criminal charge." ) United States v. Gouveia 467 U.S. 180, 190, 104 S. Ct. 2292, 2298, 81 L.Ed.2d 146 (1984). 18 The Majority argues: "Although it's true, at least in the abstract, that the te

Orrin Hatch filed an amicus brief in support of our Court's rehearing en bane the Panel's erroneous statutory interpretation of the CVRA. Senators Feinstein and Kyl drafted and, along with Senator Hatch, co-sponsored the CVRA. See Senators' Amicus Br. at I. All three senators served on the Senate Judic

y judicial criminal proceedings—whether by way of formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment"? a United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180, 188, 104 S. Ct. 2292, 2297, 81 L.Ed.2d 146 (1984) (emphasis added) (citation omitted). But a civil litigant has no constitutional ri

r its conclusion. But, here again, its analysis is misleading. OLC relies on a passage from Senate floor colloquy between Senators Jon Kyl and Dianne Feinstein regarding the CVRA’s scope. In OLC’s recounting of the legislative history, the floor statements “emphasize that the nght to confer relates to the co

? More importantly for purposes of this Article, the cases holding Tl See 18 U.S.C. § 3771 (e) (2012). 7 U.S. Const. amend. VI. ® United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180, 190 (1984) (quoting United States v. MacDonald, 456 U.S. 1, 6-7 (1982)) (internal quotation marks omitted). 4 See, e.g., Texas v. Cob