United States v. Edward Rucker, Jr.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue raised on this appeal is whether appellant’s armed robbery conviction must be reversed, and the indictment dismissed, because of a delay of nearly eighteen months between his arrest and trial.

Appellant was, on September 1, 1969, arrested shortly after the alleged offense. 1 Unable to pay the premium on a $1000 bail bond, he was incarcerated. On November 20, 1969, he pled guilty to two unrelated offenses, and, on December 19, was sentenced to consecutive terms of one year each. Although appellant’s trial counsel had indicated on December 4, 1969, that he…