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BOWMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 10425.

385 A.2d 28 (1978)

Bernard A. BOWMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance O'Bryant, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Frederick H. Weisberg, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Richard H. Saltsman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., and John A. Terry, William D. Pease, Michael G. Scheininger, and Joseph B. Valder, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HARRIS and MACK, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellant challenges his conviction for robbery (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2901) on the sole ground that the passage of nearly 13 months between his arrest and his trial denied him his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. We affirm the trial court's denial of appellant's motions to dismiss the indictment.

On September 29, 1974, appellant was arrested and charged with a September 16, 1974, armed robbery. At the time of his arrest...

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