United States v. Larue Monette Wilson

NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Larue Wilson’s appeal from her conviction on three counts of failure to file a tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203 requires us to interpret the Speedy Trial Act of 1974, 18 U.S.C. § 3161 et seq., which provides that a trial shall commence

within seventy days from the filing date ... of the information or indictment, or from the date the defendant has appeared before a judicial officer of the court in which such charge is pending, whichever date last occurs.

18 U.S.C. § 3161(c)(1).

Wilson was arrested in Anchorage, Alaska, following the filing of an…