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# 18 U.S.C. § 3173 - Sixth amendment rights

## Text

No provision of this chapter shall be interpreted as a bar to any claim of denial of speedy trial as required by amendment VI of the Constitution.

(Added Pub. L. 93–619, title I, § 101, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2085.)