United States v. Drake

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a two-year delay between indictment in the local Guam courts and eventual conviction on different charges in federal district court violated a defendant’s right to a speedy trial.

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In the early morning hours of September 14, 2003, a Mobil Mart in Sinajana, Guam, was robbed at gunpoint. The cash ier, Angel Guzman, reported that a man entered the store at about 2:50 a.m. and asked for cigarettes. As Guzman turned to retrieve the cigarettes, the man “picked up his shirt, pulled out a gun,” and demanded cash. Guzman opened the register and turned…