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U.S. v. WILKERSON

No. 98-2426.

170 F.3d 1040 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerome WILKERSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Julin McNamara, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Tamra Phipps, Chief, Appellate Div., Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Clarence William Counts, Jr., Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON and HULL, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The district court dismissed the indictment on the ground that the government had violated the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(c)(1), by failing to bring him to trial within the requisite 70-day period after his initial appearance before a judicial officer. We reverse the district court because its interpretation of § 3161(c)(1) does not square with the plain language of the statute.

Wilkerson was indicted in the Middle District of...

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