Legal Opinion
United States v. Curtis Lee Bittle, A/K/A Lee Curtis Brittle
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 25, 1983No. 82-1408PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAMM, Circuit Judge:
The Speedy Trial Act provides that an indictment must be filed within thirty days of an individual’s arrest. Section 3161(d)(1) of the Act usually permits the time period for indictment to run anew when a complaint is dismissed. The district court, however, interpreted the section not to apply when the complaint has been dismissed more than thirty days after arrest and the dismissal would have been with prejudice if the issue had been addressed. We agree with this construction and find that the district court properly exercised its discretion in determining that the…
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