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JEFFERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 10273.

382 A.2d 1030 (1978)

William M. JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Surell Brady, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Douglas J. Behr, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease, and Tobey W. Kaczensky, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and NEBEKER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellant asks this court to dismiss an indictment upon which he was convicted of armed assault with intent to kill, assault with intent to commit robbery while armed, and possession of a prohibited weapon.1 We are asked to hold that delays between appellant's arrest and presentment, between the offense and indictment, and the overall delay between his arrest and trial constitutionally require dismissal. Alternatively...

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