Legal Opinion
United States v. Franklin Eugene Nixon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1981No. 79-5509PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Four years after counterfeit charges were voluntarily dismissed in response to a speedy trial motion, Franklin Nixon was convicted of perjury in denying to a grand jury any complicity with the counterfeiting. He asserts this denied him his right to a speedy trial, the perjury being but an extension of the counterfeit charge. We disagree. Finding no reversible error in his other points on appeal, we affirm.
In order to understand the speedy trial issue, the dates upon which certain events transpired are important.
On June 27, 1975, based on the testimony of an alleged…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- United States v. LovascoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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