United States First Circuit

In a drug case involving a minor, the government successfully argued that the district court erred in dismissing the case for lack of jurisdiction, however, the dismissal was affirmed on grounds that the government's failure to bring defendant to trial within a thirty-day period violated her rights speedy trial rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/27/2004
• Published 07/27/2004

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ernesto G. Lopez-Soltero, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, U.S. Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Juan F. Matos De Juan, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Joseph C. Laws, Jr., Public Defender, and Patricia A. Garrity, Research and Writing Specialist, were on brief for appellee.