Legal Opinion
United States v. Pascal Sylla
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 2015No. 14-2813PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
In December 2010, deoxyribonucleic acid (“DNA”) testing linked defendant-appellant, Pascal Sylla, to an attempted bank robbery that occurred on August 1, 2003. Sylla was indicted on July 16, 2013, in connection with that attempted robbery of nearly ten years prior. He moved to dismiss the indictment, claiming that the applicable five-year statute of limitations had run, see 18 U.S.C. § 3282(a). The district court denied his motion and Sylla proceeded to trial; the jury found him guilty. Sylla appeals, arguing that the federal DNA tolling statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3297, is…
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