TUCKER v. U.S.

No. 85-964.

569 A.2d 162 (1990)

Ernest E. TUCKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Mance, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Edith S. Marshall, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.


STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant Tucker, convicted of second-degree murder and four other counts, seeks to have his convictions set aside and the indictment dismissed with prejudice on the ground of violation of his speedy trial rights under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers ("IAD"), D.C.Code § 24-701 et seq. (1989). Finding the IAD inapplicable to this case, we affirm.

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Appellant Tucker and his codefendant Albert Smith were...

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