UNITED STATES v. BECKOM

No. 65 Cr. 844.

324 F.Supp. 253 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Nathaniel BECKOM, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitney North Seymour, U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., New York City, for the United States; David A. Luttinger, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel.

Milton Adler, Legal Aid Society, New York City, for defendant; Murray Mogel, New York City, of counsel.


EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

The defendant moves under Rule 48(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to dismiss the indictment because of pre- as well as post-indictment delay extending over a period of almost twelve years. The indictment contains two counts, each charging the sale of heroin from an unstamped original package, on October 14 and on November 5, 1959. The defendant was arrested on January 26, 1960, and since that time there has been such...

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