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BETHEA v. UNITED STATES

No. 11934.

395 A.2d 787 (1978)

Agatha BETHEA, a/k/a Cathy Bethea, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Brooks Harrington, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Larry G. Whitney, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry, Gordon C. Rhea, Genevieve Holm and Norman M. Monhait, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, YEAGLEY and FERREN, Associate Judges.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of misdemeanor embezzlement (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-1202) and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. Execution of the sentence was suspended and appellant was placed on supervised probation for two years. On appeal, she claims that the 19-month delay between arrest and trial deprived her of her right to a speedy trial. We conclude on the basis of the record examined herein that she was denied a speedy trial, and reverse...

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