United States v. Terry

OPINION OF THE COURT

COOK, Judge:

Appellant was convicted of robbery, alleged as a violation of Article 122, Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. § 922), and received an approved sentence as noted above. The sole assignment of error on this appeal is an assertion that appellant was denied his right to a speedy trial. More particularly, appellate defense counsel contends as did trial defense counsel, that the facts in this case constitute a second-prong-of-Burton violation.1

On 29 June 1975, appellant and one Coop-wood robbed another soldier at gunpoint. They were apprehended by the…