United States v. Jeffrey R. MacDonald

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

In United States v. MacDonald,-U.S. -, 102 S.Ct. 1497, 71 L.Ed.2d 696 (1982), the Supreme Court reversed our holding1 that appellant’s Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was abridged by the Government’s delay in obtaining the indictment. On remand, we now speak to MacDonald’s remaining advancements of error. See id. at - n.4, 102 S.Ct. at 1500 n.4. Since the Supreme Court’s opinion scrupulously chronicles both the facts of record and the protracted history of the case, see id. at -, 102 S.Ct. at 1499-1500, we forego repetitious narration.

I. Due…