United States v. Hawes

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

Before entering a plea of guilty to unauthorized absence from his unit at Camp Pendleton, California, for approximately eleven months, the accused moved to dismiss the charge because he was denied a speedy trial. The motion was denied, and the correctness of the ruling is the subject of this appeal.

At the hearing on the motion, the parties stipulated to a chronology of the proceedings in the case. The chronology, supplemented by other matters included in the evidence before the law officer, is set out in the Appendix to this opinion.

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