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UNITED STATES v. RANSOM

No. 71-1506.

465 F.2d 672 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Bernard RANSOM, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert L. Ackerly, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), was on the brief for appellant.

Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Richard N. Stuckey, and Robert S. Tignor, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, LEVENTHAL and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was tried and convicted of second degree murder. He was sentenced to serve four to twenty years imprisonment. On this appeal, his main contention is that the period of thirty months between his surrender to police in September 1968 and his trial in March 1971 denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. In the particular circumstances, we affirm.

Disposition of criminal charges should be as rapid as orderly procedures and adequate...

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