Legal Opinion
United States v. Alston
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 7, 1980No. 13506PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
On January 20, 1978, after more than 33 months on appeal, this court reversed the 1975 conviction of Tony W. Alston for the misdemeanor of carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204, and remanded the case for a new trial. Alston v. United States, D.C.App., 383 A.2d 307 (1978).1 After remand, the trial court dismissed the indictment on the ground that the inordinately long appeal period had deprived Alston of his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. The government has appealed. We conclude that (1) to the *354extent a constitutional deprivation can be…
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