State High Court Instructs PCR Court to 'Analyze Counsel's Strategy' in Failing to Assert Client's Speedy Trial Rights

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“Because the PCR court utilized a faulty analysis to conclude there was no merit to the speedy trial claim, it did not analyze counsel’s strategy in failing to assert Winchester’s right to a speedy trial at any stage of the proceedings,” Associate Justice Catherine R. Connors wrote on behalf of the unanimous court.