Legal Opinion
United States v. Eddie Stephens
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 14, 2007No. 04-30185, 05-30668PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, Eddie Stephens (“Stephens”) challenges his convictions and sentence for various charges arising out of a string of armed bank robberies in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area. The main issue on appeal is whether Stephens’s rights under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161-3174, were violated by delays in bringing him to trial.
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As reflected by the trial evidence, Stephens is a disbarred Louisiana attorney who, after developing problems with drugs and alcohol, began spending time with Wil liam Turner (“Turner”), a drug dealer whom…
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