Tucker v. United States

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant Tucker, convicted of second-degree murder and four other counts, seeks to have his convictions set aside and the indictment dismissed with prejudice on the ground of violation of his speedy trial rights under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (“IAD”), D.C.Code § 24-701 et seq. (1989). Finding the IAD inapplicable to this case, we affirm.

I

Appellant Tucker and his codefendant Albert Smith were charged with various crimes arising from the strangling of Frank Cheek and the wounding by pistol of two others who had publicly voiced their suspicions that Cheek…