UNITED STATES v. ARKUS

No. 81-1191.

675 F.2d 245 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael ARKUS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Levenberg, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Henry H. Rossbachor, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee; Frederick M. Flam, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before WRIGHT and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and MEREDITH, Senior District Judge.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Arkus was convicted on eight counts of mail fraud, and contends that dismissal of his indictment is required by the government's failure to bring him to trial within the 70-day time limit imposed by the Speedy Trial Act, (Act) 18 U.S.C. § 3161 et seq. (1976 and Supp. III 1979), and because his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated. We affirm his conviction.

FACTS

On July 31, 1980, Arkus and...

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