Legal Opinion
United States v. Clarence Jones Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 1, 1996No. 943, Docket 95-1498PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals from an order entered on July 27,1995 in the District Court for the Southern District of New York (McKenna, /.), dismissing with prejudice the indictment against Clarence Jones, under the Sixth Amendment’s Speedy Trial Clause and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(b). We agree with the government that the district court abused its discretion by dismissing Jones’s indictment. We reverse the court’s Order and reinstate the indictment.
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