UNITED STATES v. McGIRR

No. 71-1261.

451 F.2d 588 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph James McGIRR, also known as Joseph Harold McGirr, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henry Lewin, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (Court-appointed counsel), for appellant.

Paul M. Rosenberg, Asst. U. S. Atty. (George Beall, U. S. Atty., and Jeffrey S. White, Asst. U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal, his conviction for bank robbery is challenged on a claim that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. He contends that he was prejudiced by the delay of four and one-half years from September 30, 1966, when the robbery was committed, until February 5, 1971, when the judgment against him was filed.

McGirr's complaint about the passage of fifteen and one-half months from the robbery until his indictment is frivolous...

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