People of Territory of Guam v. Olsen

OPINION

Before DUEÑAS and HILL, District Judges, and BURNETT, Designated Judge. IRVING HILL, District Judge:

In this case we consider the effect of a very long delay in the preparation of a reporter’s transcript of the trial, upon an appeal of a criminal conviction in the Superior Court of Guam.

Defendant Olsen was convicted in that court on September 11, 1975, of burglary in the second degree (2 counts), assault with a deadly weapon (1 count), and receiving stolen property (1 count). Sentence was pronounced on October 28, 1975. Concurrent sentences were imposed as follows: for each of the…