Legal Opinion

Reed v. Farley

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided August 24, 1994No. 93-5418PublishedCited by 724 opinions

1Judgment of the CourtJustice Ginsburg

The Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (IAD), 18 U. S. C. App. § 2, is a compact among 48 States, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Government. It enables a participating State to gain custody of a prisoner incarcerated in another jurisdiction, in order to try him on criminal charges. Article IV(c) of the IAD provides that trial of a transferred prisoner “shall be commenced within one hundred and twenty days of the arrival of the prisoner in the receiving State, but for good cause shown in open court,... the court having jurisdiction of the matter may grant any necessary or…

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2Cases cited39 opinions

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  5. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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