Legal Opinion
United States v. Carl Henry Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1975No. 74-1045PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellant was convicted by a jury of two counts of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), by selling heroin. The first sale was to a police undercover agent (Crosby) on November 13, 1972, and the second to a paid informer (DuPree) on November 16, 1972. The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in failing to dismiss the indictment, brought over eleven months after the dates of the offenses. The appellant claims that the government’s delay in commencing the prosecution was unnecessary and prejudicial, violating his rights to due process under the Fifth…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Howard Ross v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- David M. Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Marshall M. Powell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Raymond R. Woody v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by52 opinions
- United States v. Leonard Crow DogCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Frank T. McCown United States of America v. Gary Lee Barnes, United States of America v. Gary Leslie BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. MaysCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Burton A. LibrachCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Gordon S. Buttorff and Charles A. DodgeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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