United States v. Ernest Clark

WOOD, Chief Judge.

Ernest Clark’s string of bank robberies in the Milwaukee area attracted the attention of both state and federal authorities. When both sovereigns decided to prosecute Clark around the same time, the occasionally delicate practices designed to coordinate the timing and pursuit of state and federal prosecutions came into play. Though Clark does not contest the facts underlying his federal convictions, he argues that violations of the Speedy Trial Act and the Interstate Agreement on De-tainers require us to reverse his convictions. We conclude, however, that nothing was amiss,…