United States First Circuit
US v. Franklin, 09-1529
Conviction of defendant for several charges stemming from the sale of crack cocaine and the possession of both drugs and ammunition is affirmed where: 1) the district court adequately addressed an admitted Speedy Trial Act violation by dismissing defendant's charges without prejudice as the record reveals a serious crime, a somewhat lengthy but innocuous delay, a just sanction, and no harm to defendant; and 2) defendant's conviction was properly based in part on a vehicle search that was legal in every respect.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/05/2011
- Published 01/05/2011
Judges
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jonathan Shapiro, Scott A. C. Meisler