United States v. Robert Ray Penland

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

Robert Ray Penland, appellant herein, was found guilty of four counts of violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 — interstate transportation of altered securities — on July 9, 1969, after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Montana. His sole contention on appeal is that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial.

The record shows that appellant was indicted in Montana on February 2, 1968, on four counts of violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314, said violations alleged to have occurred on three occasions between December 7 and December 20,…