Legal Opinion
Taylor v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 29, 1983No. 82-1009PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:
Appellant seeks a reversal of his conviction of unlawful possession of a narcotic substance, D.C.Code § 33-502(a) (1981), claiming that the trial court: (1) deprived him of his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial, and (2) unduly restricted his use of peremptory challenges during voir dire. We affirm.
I
Although arrested on November 12, 1979, appellant was not put on trial until June 30, 1982. Consequently, he now claims that because of the thirty-one month delay, his rights under the speedy trial clause of the Sixth Amendment were violated. Under the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Pointer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Head v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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