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BURKETT v. FULCOMER

No. 91-3040.

951 F.2d 1431 (1991)

Wayne Paul BURKETT, K-8595 v. Thomas A. FULCOMER, Superintendent, et al., Answering Respondent Blair County District Attorney. Wayne Paul Burkett, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. White (argued), Dennis M. Stefan, Law Clerk, Office of Federal Public Defender, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

William J. Haberstroh, David C. Gorman (argued), Office of Dist. Atty., Hollidaysburg, Pa., for appellees.

Before MANSMANN and ALITO, Circuit Judges, and NEALON, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

Once again the saturated dockets and the apparent strain on judicial resources in Blair County, Pennsylvania, give cause for us to examine whether a state prisoner's constitutional rights to a speedy trial and due process of law have been violated by delays in post-conviction proceedings.1 Applying the test set forth by the Supreme Court in Barker v. Wingo, 407...

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