SELL v. U.S.

No. 85-1674.

525 A.2d 1017 (1987)

Albert J. SELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Branfman, with whom Robert E. Greenberg, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mary Incontro, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Mark H. Dubester, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, BELSON and ROGERS, Associate Judges.


ROGERS, Associate Judge:

In this appeal from his conviction of corrupt influence (D.C. Code § 22-704) (1981), sodomy (id. § 22-3502), and obstructing justice (id. § 22-703), appellant Albert J. Sell contends principally that he was denied his sixth amendment right to a speedy trial as a result of a fifty-one month delay between indictment and trial. At issue in particular is the appropriate weight which should be accorded to the delay caused by two...

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