Legal Opinion
Ruffin v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 16, 1987No. 83-640, 83-733PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Per curiam
A jury convicted appellant Ruffin of second degree murder, D.C.Code § 22-2403 (1981), and mayhem, D.C.Code § 22-506 (1981), and convicted his co-defendant, appellant Shaw, as an accessory after the fact to simple assault, D.C.Code § 22-106 (1981). The trial court sentenced Ruffin to concurrent sentences of ten years to life in prison for the murder and of three to nine years for the mayhem. It imposed on Shaw a prison sentence of six months.
Ruffin appeals the denial of his pretrial motions (1) to dismiss the indictment on speedy trial grounds, based on the 33 months between his arraignment…
2Cases cited76 opinions
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- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by38 opinions
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