UNITED STATES v. KNIGHT

No. 364, Docket 75-1316.

529 F.2d 594 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Samuel Donald KNIGHT, a/k/a Michael Procak, a/k/a Donald C. Parker, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Sessions, III, Addison County Public Defender, Middlebury, Vt., for appellee.

William B. Gray, Asst. U. S. Atty., Vermont (George W. F. Cook, U. S. Atty., D. Vt., Jerome F. O'Neill, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel), for appellant.

Before MOORE, MULLIGAN and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, United States of America (the "Government"), appeals an order of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, dismissing an indictment charging appellee Samuel Knight ("Knight") with smuggling drugs into the United States. The lower court determined that the Government had failed to comply with the Vermont District Court Plan For Achieving Prompt Disposition of Criminal Cases ("Plan"), and that the Plan's tolling exceptions...

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