UNITED STATES v. GREER

No. 80-1898.

655 F.2d 51 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curtis Edward GREER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

September 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Karen K. Brown, Asst. Public Defender, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Anna E. Stool, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and GEE and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal occasions an examination of the Sixth Amendment right of a criminal defendant to speedy trial, applying the test established by the Supreme Court in Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 92 S.Ct. 2182, 33 L.Ed.2d 101 (1972).

Curtis Edward Greer, a convicted felon, was indicted on July 16, 1979, on eight counts of possessing firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a)(1), and arrested...

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