Legal Opinion
United States v. Joann Walker, Jeanette Adel Davis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1979No. 78-3340PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
The central issue in this case is whether the 13-month delay between the commission of the offense charged and the return of the indictment constituted a violation of the due process rights of the accused.
On June 8, 1978, the federal grand jury for the Central District of California returned a one-count indictment against ap-pellees Joann Walker and Jeanette Adel Davis. The indictment charged that on May 16, 1977, Walker set fire to the Cedars Dormitory at the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island, and that Davis aided and abetted Walker, all in violation of 18…
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