UNITED STATES v. BISHTON

No. 71-1307.

463 F.2d 887 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Thomas W. BISHTON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

April 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John J. Carmody and Frank H. Strickler, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellant.

Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, John F. Evans, and William H. Schweitzer, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, LEVENTHAL and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was found guilty of soliciting, and of accepting, a bribe in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(g) (1970), fined $2,000.00, and given a suspended sentence of six to eighteen months. His principal claim on appeal presents the recurring problem of the right to a speedy trial.

On January 17, 1969, appellant, then division chief of the District of Columbia Sewer Operations Division, allegedly approached one Glen Carrico, an employee of the...

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