UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 78-1004.

579 F.2d 122 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Clarke Dana JOHNSON, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Ward, Cambridge, Mass., by appointment of the Court, on brief for defendant, appellant.

Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., and Charles E. Chase, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., on brief for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Appellant's constitutional and statutory rights to a speedy trial are the subject of this appeal. On March 10, 1977, appellant was indicted for jumping bail (18 U.S.C. § 3150). Fifteen days later he was arraigned. The case was first called for trial on June 20, 1977, at which time the court was informed that appellant had recently been sent by another court to a medical center in Missouri. As a result of appellant's hospitalization, the present...

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