UNITED STATES v. PETERSON

No. 16944.

435 F.2d 192 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Phillip PETERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald P. Alwin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., David M. Hartigan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee; John Peter Lulinski, Jeffrey Cole, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.


SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

On December 7, 1962 two armed men robbed the Archer-Hoyne Savings and Loan Association in Chicago. Appellant, James Phillip Peterson, and Arthur Rachel were charged with the robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d). Peterson was found guilty by the jury at a joint trial during which Rachel pleaded guilty. On this appeal, Peterson assigns three grounds for reversal: a denial of his sixth amendment right to a speedy trial; the...

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