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· 3/18/1982

United States v. Gary Dewitt Odom

Citations

  • 674 F.2d 228
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 20912

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that defendant waived his speedy trial right under the IAD because defense counsel requested a continuance that resulted in a trial date after the expiration of the deadline
  • applying \the principle that related statutes having the same purpose should be construed together\ in interpreting the IAD and the STA
  • prisoner waived his statutory right by consenting to a continuance
  • “Whenever possible, the interpretation of the Acts should not be discordant.”
  • “Whenever possible, the interpretation of the Acts should not be discordant.”
  • defendant waived 120-day limit by seeking continuance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Haynsworth, Butzner, Sprouse

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