SWANIGAN v. U.S.

No. 03-CO-449.

853 A.2d 742 (2004)

Michael SWANIGAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Anthony Jackson, was on the brief for appellant.

Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney at the time, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, Karen D. Miller, and Heather R. Phillips, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for the United States.

Before STEADMAN, SCHWELB and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

While he was serving a prison sentence in Virginia, appellant Michael Swanigan made a request under Article III of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD) for a final disposition of charges that were pending against him in Superior Court of the District of Columbia. When, despite his request, Swanigan was not brought to trial within the 180-day period specified by the IAD, he moved to dismiss his indictment in this jurisdiction with...

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