COFFIN, Chief Judge.
The government appeals under 18 U.S.C. § 3731 from an order dismissing an indictment because of the prosecution's inability to proceed to trial at a continued date certain. The inability lay in the government's failure to locate the key witness. We hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion.
The relevant sequence of events is the following. On March 26, 1975, defendants were indicted. On June 25, the case was set for...
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