Legal Opinion
David Andrew Birdwell v. Jack Skeen, Jr., Criminal District Attorney of Smith County, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1993No. 91-4561PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
In May of 1986, David Birdwell, while incarcerated in a federal prison, requested expeditious adjudication of criminal charges filed against him in Smith County, Texas, under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (“IADA” or “Detainers Agreement”). The State brought him to trial 197 days later. Birdwell, arguing that Texas violated the speedy trial provisions of the IADA, filed this petition for habeas corpus, 1 which the federal district court granted. We affirm.
I. Facts and Procedural History
In June of 1985, David Birdwell kidnapped a woman at gunpoint, locked her…
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