UNITED STATES v. BENNETT

No. 447, Docket 29774.

364 F.2d 499 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William BENNETT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas S. Liebhafsky, Asst. U. S. Atty. for Southern District of New York (Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty., Richard A. Givens, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel), for appellee.

Gerald J. Flintoft, New York City (Anthony F. Marra, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Before HAYS, ANDERSON and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting appellant of selling heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 173 and 174.

Appellant claims that the delay of approximately one year between commission of the offense and arrest violated his right under the Fifth Amendment to a fair trial, and that a lapse of another year before trial violated his right under the Sixth Amendment to a speedy trial.

At no time before or during trial did appellant...

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