United States Fourth Circuit

Pretrial motions to dismiss stop the seventy-day clock for purposes of the Speedy Trial Act, 18 USC 3161(h)(1)(F), and where charges are dismissed and later refiled, 18 USC 3161(h)(6) excludes the period during which no indictment is pending from the seventy-day calculation.

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• Decided 06/29/2001
• Published 06/29/2001

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• United States Fourth Circuit

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