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UNITED STATES v. PALMER

No. 12654.

393 A.2d 143 (1978)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Ian G. PALMER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. DePaolis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell and Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant.

Leslie J. Harris, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Richard A. Rosen, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges.

MACK, Associate Judge:

We are asked to review the action of the trial court in dismissing a criminal indictment on the ground that the government, having secured appellee's presence in the District of Columbia through a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum, failed to comply with the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (IAD).1 18 U.S.C.A. (Appendix), D.C.Code 1973, § 24-701. We reverse.

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