U.S. v. SYLLA

No. 14-2813.

790 F.3d 772 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pascal SYLLA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia J. Ridgeway , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Sara J. Varner , Attorney, Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


In December 2010, deoxyribonucleic acid ("DNA") testing linkedPascal Sylla, to an attempted bank robbery that occurred on August 1, 2003. Sylla was indicted on July 16, 2013, in connection with that attempted robbery of nearly ten years prior. He moved to dismiss the indictment, claiming that the applicable five-year statute...

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