Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Agnes Scranton v. The State of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 15, 1976No. 672, Docket 75-2145PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Agnes Scranton appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard Owen, Judge) entered November 10, 1975, which denied her petition for a writ of habeas corpus. She claims that the failure of the state to prosecute her for some five years after her indictment in' January of 1970 deprived her of her constitutional right to a speedy trial and that the indictment must therefore be dismissed.
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