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· 3/10/1992

United States v. Edward George Mitchell

Citations

  • 957 F.2d 465
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 3968
  • 1992 WL 44676

How courts have described this case

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

  • seven-year postindictment delay resulting from defendant’s fugitive status and Colombian extradition process did not violate speedy trial right
  • where overseas defendant made no attempt to demand a trial, waive extradition, or otherwise seek to return to the United States to stand trial, and first asserted his right to speedy trial in a pretrial motion, this factor weighed against defendant
  • record establishes futility of attempting extradition from Colombia

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Posner, Easterbrook, Eschbach

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