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UNITED STATES v. RUCKER

No. 71-1690.

464 F.2d 823 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Edward RUCKER, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Steven K. Yablonski, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court) for appellant.

Mr. Harry J. McCarthy, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WRIGHT and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges, and FRANK A. KAUFMAN, U. S. District Judge for the District of Maryland.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue raised on this appeal is whether appellant's armed robbery conviction must be reversed, and the indictment dismissed, because of a delay of nearly eighteen months between his arrest and trial.

Appellant was, on September 1, 1969, arrested shortly after the alleged offense.1 Unable to pay the premium on a $1000 bail bond, he was incarcerated. On November 20, 1969, he pled guilty to two unrelated...

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