Legal Opinion
Tony Chisum, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1970No. 22978PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.
Tony Chisum, Jr. appeals from his conviction on all ten counts of an indictment charging him with violations of the narcotics and tax laws. (21 U.S.C. § 174 and 26 U.S.C. §§ 4705(a)).
His principal contentions are that he was denied a speedy trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution and a fair trial afforded by the due process clause of the Fifth.
The charges were rested upon a series of four separate transactions in each of which Chisum supplied heroin to an undercover narcotics agent. The first transaction took place on May 11, and the last on May 26,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. GaineySupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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- Minor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- United States v. Lewis C. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Jerry Lee HendricksCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
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