United States v. William Edward Alred

PECK, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant was convicted at a jury trial in district court of conspiring to willfully receive, conceal, transport, and dispose of stolen explosive materials, 18 U.S.C. § 842(h) (1970), 1 and of carrying a firearm unlawfully during the commission of a felony, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (1970). 2

On the instant appeal, appellant argues that the unexplained delay of fifteen (15) months between the commission of the offenses (October 18, 1972) and the indictment charging him with such offenses (January 29, 1974) deprived him of due process particularly where the only trial…