Legal Opinion
Cross v. Meisel
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 25, 1989No. Civ. A. 89-5221PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CAHN, District Judge.
Benjamin Wallace Cross was found guilty of possession of heroin and possession with intent to deliver heroin on April 15, 1977 in Lehigh County. Free on bail, Cross failed to appear for sentencing; after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest, the District Attorney was told that Cross was in federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. Charges against Cross were pending in Bucks and Montgomery Counties as well, and forms of detainer were submitted by the jurisdictions. The defendant agreed to return to Pennsylvania to dispose of the pending charges, and so he was…
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