Forrest Brooks, Jr. v. United States

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner appeals from a dismissal of his motion to vacate his sentence under the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312. He alleges that he has been deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial by reason of “an unreasonable” delay from the time of his guilty plea to the time of his sentence. We affirm.

The facts may be briefly summarized.

On October 19, 1962, petitioner, Forrest Brooks, appeared with counsel in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and entered a plea of guilty to an information charging him with interstate transporta tion of a…