Legal Opinion
Christopher Martens v. James Shannon, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 12, 1988No. 87-1694PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Christopher Martens, petitioner-appellant, was indicted by a Massachusetts grand jury in 1982 on two counts of armed robbery. Massachusetts subsequently lodged a detainer with the authorities in California (where appellant was in custody on other charges). In September 1983, Martens began serving a lengthy state sentence in California. He claims to have made a valid demand for a speedy disposition of the Massachusetts indictment in pursuance of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (IAD), 18 U.S.C.App. § l. 1 Yet, his Massachusetts trial was not expedited.
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