Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony MacIno and Robert Walensky
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 12, 1973No. 72-1786, 72-1787PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Chief Judge.
Defendants-appellants, Anthony Maci-no and Robert Walensky, appeal their convictions for violations of the counterfeiting laws, 18 U.S.C. § 472, on the ground that the twenty-eight month delay between the date of their arrest and the return of the indictments violated their sixth amendment right to a speedy trial.1 We hold that there was a denial of a speedy trial and we reverse.
On April 8, 1968 appellants and two other persons were arrested when they attempted to pass counterfeit federal reserve notes to an undercover Secret Service agent. A preliminary hearing at which…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Strunk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Dragoo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Dillingham v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Jerry Allen Arnold v. D. J. McCarthy Superintendent, California Men's ColonyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Commonwealth v. GoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- United States v. Hardeman JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
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