Legal Opinion
Bowman v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 1978No. 10425PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Appellant challenges his conviction for robbery (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2901) on the sole ground that the passage of nearly 13 months between his arrest and his trial denied him his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. We affirm the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motions to dismiss the indictment.
On September 29, 1974, appellant was arrested and charged with a September 16, 1974, armed robbery. At the time of his arrest, and throughout the subsequent litigation of the case, appellant was incarcerated, having been committed shortly after the robbery under the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Strunk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Isaiah Hedgepeth, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by19 opinions
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