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UNITED STATES v. BOLDEN

No. 12037.

381 A.2d 624 (1977)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Joseph A. BOLDEN, Jr., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, John C. Martin and Dianne H. Kelly, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant.

Stephen J. O'Brien, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellee.

Before KERN, YEAGLEY and MACK, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal by the United States pursuant to D.C.Code 1973, § 23-104(c), from an order of the Superior Court dismissing an information filed against appellee for want of a speedy trial. On appeal, the government argues that the facts of this case did not warrant imposition of the drastic remedy of dismissal. We agree and reverse.

On January 27, 1976, appellee was charged in an information...

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