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GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZONE v. MARTINEZ H.

No. 79-5633. Summary Calendar.

620 F.2d 502 (1980)

GOVERNMENT OF the CANAL ZONE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carmen MARTINEZ H. (Hernandez), Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Douglass, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Frank J. Violanti, U. S. Atty., Wallace D. Baldwin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Balboa, Panama, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, RUBIN and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether a defendant tried outside the time limits of the Speedy Trial Act is entitled to dismissal of the charges when a portion of the delay accrued between July 1, 1979, when the Speedy Trial Act sanctions came into effect, and August 2, 1979, when the sanctions were deferred until July 1, 1980. Answering this question in the negative, we affirm the conviction.

Carmen Martinez H. (Hernandez) was arraigned...

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