United States v. Phillip Kent Palmer, Joseph Philip Silverman, Ernest Smith, Freddie Daniel Milton, Edward Earl Dillingham and Wayne Franklin Dean

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The six appellants were found guilty by a jury under various counts of a fifteen-count indictment for their respective roles in an interstate automobile theft ring. 1 Each comes to us with several points on appeal, none of which requires reversal. Indeed, after considering all contentions we have concluded that our opinion on only one point of law raised by one appellant would have precedential value. 2

Appellant Dillingham’s right to a speedy trial

Edward Earl Dillingham was convicted on all fifteen counts. The evidence shows that he was instrumental in organizing the…