United States v. Rufus Jones Comosona

How courts have described this case

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

• burden of going forward with rebuttal lies with government after defendant makes a prima facie showing of delay-related prejudice and prosecutorial bad faith
• “It is important to observe that something more than ordinary negligence on the part of Government representatives must be shown, no matter how high the actual proof of prejudice is. The Government’s delay must be intentional and purposeful.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).