GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants each were indicted in the District of Guam on one count of smuggling aliens in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(i). On July 12, 1999, the district court denied the government's motion for a continuance and dismissed the indictments with prejudice under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(b). The government appealed, arguing that the district court should have dismissed the indictments without prejudice, if...
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