UNITED STATES v. LOUD HAWK

No. 84-1361.

474 U.S. 302 (1986)

UNITED STATES v. LOUD HAWK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 21, 1986


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce N. Kuhlik argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Fried, Assistant Attorney General Trott, Deputy Solicitor General Frey, and Kathleen A. Felton.

Kenneth Saul Stern, by appointment of the Court, 471 U.S. 1123, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Tom Steenson, Ronald P. Schiffman, and Michael Timothy Bailey.*


JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we must decide, first, whether the Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment1 applies to time during which respondents were neither under indictment nor subjected to any official restraint, and, second, whether certain delays occasioned by interlocutory appeals were properly weighed in assessing respondents' right to a speedy trial. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals...

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