Legal Opinion
United States v. Tommy Roberts
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 9, 1975No. 836, Docket 75-1052PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
On January 20, 1975, the United States District Court for the Eastern *644District of New York, John F. Dooling, Judge, dismissed an indictment charging Tommy Roberts with ten counts of possessing stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708.1 The court rested its order on the defendant’s constitutional right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment. On appeal, the United States challenges the dismissal on two grounds, each of which it contends offers an independent basis for reversal. First, since Roberts agreed shortly after his indictment to plead guilty to…
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