M.A. Mortenson Co. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• finding subsequent indictment for trafficking, the result of extensive audit of financial records, not bound to 270-day speedy-trial timetable of original arrest
• “‘It has been pointed out that “courts indulge every reasonable presumption against waiver” of fundamental constitutional rights and that we “do not presume acquiescence in the loss of fundamental rights.”’”
• further explaining that new “defense considerations may arise” after a nolle prosequi and a new indictment; “[t]hus, a knowing and intelligent waiver cannot be made until all the facts are known by the accused,” including the exact nature of the crime charged

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