United States v. Martin L. Baumgarten, United States of America v. Randolph E. Gould, United States of America v. Richard L. Stanley

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

These combined appeals are taken from the convictions1 of appellants Baumgarten, Gould and Stanley for conspiracy and related substantive offenses arising out of a series of bombings in the Kansas City area in the spring and early summer of 1970. Essentially, appellants contend that they were denied a speedy trial in violation of their Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights, that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a letter sent by appellant Gould to a key government witness while that witness was in jail, and that the court erred in admitting into evidence…