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FALGOUT v. TRUJILLO

Civ. A. No. 66-C-583.

270 F.Supp. 685 (1966)

Frank Louis FALGOUT, Petitioner, v. Mose TRUJILLO, Sheriff of the City and County of Denver, and Harold Dill, Chief of Police of the City of Denver, and the District Court for the Second Judicial District, State of Colorado, Respondents.

United States District Court D. Colorado.

December 23, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert B. Dawkins, Denver, Colo., for petitioner.

Bert M. Keating, Dist. Atty. for Second Judicial Dist. of Colorado, Denver, Colo., and Max P. Zall, City Atty., City and County of Denver, by Thomas H. May, Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, Colo., for respondents.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ARRAJ, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, under the terms of Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254. An evidentiary hearing was held. The petitioner contends that he was denied a speedy trial, in violation of rights guaranteed him by the United States Constitution. Although the Sixth Amendment right to speedy trial does not apply to criminal prosecutions in the state courts, see e. g...

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