United States v. Joel P. Dreyer Appeal of Audrey Ellen Goldsmith

OPINION OP THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to consider the claim of appellant, Audrey Ellen Goldsmith, that her sixth amendment right to a speedy trial was violated by the Government’s bringing her to trial twenty-nine months after her indictment. 1 The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Goldsmith’s motion to dismiss on this ground. Thereafter, she stipulated to the facts contained in Count I of a four-count indictment and was tried and convicted on that count by the district court judge sitting without a jury. 2 We hold that Goldsmith was denied a…