Isaiah Hedgepeth, Jr. v. United States

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted on three counts of violations of the federal narcot íes laws, 26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a) and 4705 (a), and 21 U.S.C. § 174. He received concurrent sentences of ten years on two of the counts, and five years on the third. His sole contention on appeal is that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. Since the claim has prima facie merit, in view of the lapse of more than a year between appellant’s arrest on May 7, 1964, and his trial on May 12, 1965, we undertake a review of the intervening events.

When appellant was arrested on May…