The single issue in this case is whether the right to a speedy trial was violated by allowing the defendants to remain in custody in Maryland until they made a request for disposition of California charges pursuant to Penal Code section 1389. The procedural setting in which the issue arises will be stated first.
On May 22, 1970, the grand jury presented an indictment charging the defendant MacDonald, the...
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