UNITED STATES v. MacDONALD

No. 79-5253.

632 F.2d 258 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jeffrey R. MacDONALD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1980.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph S. Spritzer, Philadelphia, Pa., Bernard L. Segal, San Francisco, Cal. (Wendy P. Rouder, San Francisco, Cal., Michael J. Malley, Washington, D.C., Wade M. Smith, Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellant.

Brian M. Murtagh, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., James L. Blackburn, Asst. U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N.C. (Patricia L. Holland, Atty., Dept. of Justice, George M. Anderson, U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge and MURNAGHAN and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied December 18, 1980. See 635 F.2d 1115.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Jeffrey R. MacDonald appeals convictions for second degree murder of his wife and one of his children and first degree murder of his other child. He has raised a number of issues as to the conduct of the trial and the rulings at trial by the district judge. He has also contended that his Sixth Amendment guarantee of speedy trial had been violated...

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