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· 3/9/1966

Larry C. Godfrey v. United States

Citations

  • 358 F.2d 850
  • 123 U.S. App. D.C. 219
  • 1966 U.S. App. LEXIS 6940

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • two-month delay between issuance of complaint and arrest held unreasonable, but two-month delay between incident and complaint held reasonable
  • 2-month offense-to-complaint delay reasonable but negligent 2-month delay in arrest calls for retrial on 1 count, dismissal on 2
  • delay of only 4 months from offense to arrest
  • delay of only 4 months from offense to arrest

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Judges: Bastían, Wright, McGowan

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