Stevenson v. United States
| Decision Date | 14 April 1960 |
| Docket Number | No. 15226.,15226. |
| Citation | 107 US App. DC 398,278 F.2d 278 |
| Parties | James R. STEVENSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — District of Columbia Circuit |
Mr. Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.
Before PRETTYMAN, Chief Judge, and FAHY and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.
Appellant was indicted in this jurisdiction December 3, 1957, for the crime of false pretenses as defined in 22 D.C. Code § 1301 (1951), allegedly committed by him on October 19, 1957. The essence of the charge was that he purchased an automobile and paid for it with a check on a bank where he had no account. The defense was based on intoxication.
Appellant was tried and convicted April 6, 1959, about sixteen months subsequent to the indictment. In the interim he was detained in the Maryland House of Correction, in Maryland, from late 1957 until released March 6, 1959, to be tried here. His contention on appeal is that the delay in his trial violated his right under the Sixth Amendment to enjoy a speedy trial.1
Appellant wrote to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in January 1958 requesting a speedy trial. And after his release by the Maryland authorities in March 1959 he filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, asserting the deprivation of his right.
The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia had not sought a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum. In the District Court he presented as justification for failure to do so his correspondence with the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland in which he was advised that the Maryland authorities would not honor such a writ by returning appellant to the District of Columbia. The Warden of the Maryland House of Correction, however, did advise the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia that he would honor such a writ if issued by a Maryland court. Certain opinions of the Attorney General of Maryland were referred to in the correspondence between the United States Attorneys, indicating that the Governor of Maryland was the only proper official to determine whether a state prisoner should be released to federal authorities prior to the expiration of his sentence in a state institution.2 No application was made to the Governor. A reason advanced was the absence of any extradition procedure under which one in custody in Maryland could be turned over to authorities in this jurisdiction for trial.
We need not pass upon the question whether in other circumstances where the writ of...
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