U.S. v. COLOMBO

No. 88-1010.

852 F.2d 19 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Anthony R. COLOMBO and Joseph Colombo, Jr., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Hechtkopf, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, with whom William S. Rose, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary R. Allen and Robert E. Lindsay, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Richard V. Wiebusch, U.S. Atty., Concord, N.H., were on brief for appellant.

Glenn G. Geiger, Jr., by appointment of the court, with whom Geiger & Heiser, Penacook, N.H., was on brief for defendant, appellee Anthony R. Colombo.

Patrick J. Devine with whom Law Offices of Allison & Devine, Plaistow, N.H., was on brief for defendant, appellee Joseph Colombo, Jr.

Before COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and FUSTE, District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to pass upon appellees' constitutional right to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.1 The facts of this case reveal delays in bringing appellees to trial caused in large part by the government's mismanagement of appellees' indictment and other related pre-trial matters. Because the district court failed to properly identify and weigh the various relevant factors as...

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