Question juridique clé
Whether the delay until the first-instance trial violated the constitutional and Convention right to trial within a reasonable time in detention
Solution extraite
No. In this complex and serious drug case, the period between indictment and the scheduled hearing was not so excessive as to require immediate release.
Motifs extraits
Detention may be prolonged only if it approaches the expected custodial sentence or if the authorities seriously fail to advance the case. Given the complexity, volume of files, co-defendants, and evidentiary work, the several-month interval was not unconstitutional; organisational constraints did not change that assessment.