Opinion ID: 2353930
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Heading: Time Involved

Text: For the purpose of determining whether the Sixth Amendment guaranty of a speedy trial has been violated, most circuits look only to the time elapsed after the formal indictment or information. [8] In this jurisdiction, however, the entire period between offense and trial may be considered. Mann v. United States, 113 U.S.App.D.C. 27, 29-30 n. 4, 304 F.2d 394, 396-397 n. 4, cert. denied, 371 U.S. 896, 83 S.Ct. 194, 9 L.Ed.2d 127 (1962). Cf. Hanrahan v. United States, 121 U.S.App.D.C. 134, 348 F. 2d 363 (1965). [9] Thus, in the instant case, speedy trial contentions could possibly be assessed from the perspective of the dates on which the offenses were committed. This was done in Hedgepeth v. United States (Hedgepeth II), 125 U.S.App.D.C. 19, 365 F.2d 952 (1966); Hedgepeth v. United States (Hedgepeth I), 124 U.S.App.D.C. 291, 364 F.2d 684 (1966). [10] But where the government knows that a crime has been committed but not the identity of the offender, time cannot be reasonably computed from a date earlier than that on which the government first had probable cause for arrest. [11] Here appellant was not identified and connected with the Piedmont and first TWA thefts until April 18, 1964. The maximum periods we may therefore consider are, as to the Piedmont offenses, nine months between identification and trial, and, as to the TWA offense of April 6, 1964, ten months. [12]