Legal Opinion
Richard Lee Dixon v. State of Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1968No. 18352_1PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Dixon is presently confined in the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth under a Dyer Act conviction. An indictment is pending against him in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. Dixon filed this action to compel the District Attorney General of Shelby County either to bring him to trial or to dismiss the charge against him, claiming that he is being deprived of his constitutional right to a speedy trial.
This appeal is from the judgment of the District Court denying a petition for injunction or a writ of prohibition.
On April 15, 1962, Dixon was charged in Tennessee with the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Robert James Pitts v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Carl Harvey Bistram and Arthur Earl Bistram v. People of the State of Minnesota, County of HennepinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Richard C. Ruip v. Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- Sloope v. PeytonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1968
3Cited by2 opinions
- Howard Lee White v. State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- White v. ColemanDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1971