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UNITED STATES v. DUNN

No. 24597.

459 F.2d 1115 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Louis L. DUNN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stephen P. Oggel, La Jolla, Cal. (appointed by this court) for appellant.

Mr. Charles F. Flynn, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before DANAHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and McGOWAN and TAMM, Circuit Judges.

I.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

The question presented in this appeal is whether an 18½-month delay between arrest and trial is violative of the Sixth Amendment's guaranteed right to a speedy trial. During a large portion of this time appellant was in custody, either in prison or St. Elizabeths Hospital.

On November 2, 1968, appellant was arrested and charged with two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and with enticing a minor child to take...

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