United States v. Nixon

BACHARACH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal grew out of dual prosecutions of Mr. Keon Nixon. In state court, he was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and use of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. After these charges were filed, federal authorities indicted Mr. Nixon for possessing a firearm after a felony conviction. See 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1). But federal authorities then waited almost a year to arraign Mr. Nixon.

After Mr. Nixon was eventually arraigned, he moved to dismiss the federal indictment, contending that the delay in the federal case violated his Sixth…