Legal Opinion
United States v. Jack A. Lustman
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 10, 1958No. 24223_1PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial * * * ”. The sole question raised by appellant, who was convicted of mail fraud after a jury trial held more than five years after the date of indictment, is whether this constitutional guarantee was denied him.
The indictment was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on August 29,1951. In this indictment appellant was charged in five counts with having devised a scheme to…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- People v. ProsserNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- United States v. ProvooDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1955
- Ellsworth P. Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by168 opinions
- United States v. Roy B. Kelly, Cecil v. Hagen and Milton J. ShuckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Ralph F. DeleoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
- James W. Harlow, Charles E. Wilson and Thomas F. Addy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Jerry Allen Arnold v. D. J. McCarthy Superintendent, California Men's ColonyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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