United States Third Circuit

Conviction for selling cocaine in 2005 is reversed and remanded where defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was violated by the government when, after an initial effort to apprehend the defendant, the government's effort for nearly five years consisted only of running the defendant's name a handful of times through the National Crime Information Center database, despite other available leads.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/14/2014
• Published 04/14/2014

Judges

• Lipez

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel