Court Opinion

ID: 9445927
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:41:15.051126+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:27.232331
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FAHY, Circuit Judge
(separately concurring).
I am in general agreement with the analysis of the case made in Judge Bazelon’s opinion and concur in reversal with directions to dismiss the indictment on the ground that appellant did not have the speedy trial to which he was entitled under the Sixth Amendment. The delays which preceded the last trial were substantial and seriously *27prejudicial to the defense. And as pointed out by Judge Bazelon appellant has been confined for a total of about seven years, six of them in jail and more than a year in St. Elizabeths Hospital, though his original sentence was only from two to seven years.
The suggestion that the appropriate authorities consider proceedings looking toward a civil commitment under D.C. Code, § 21-326 holds promise of a disposition of the problem conducive to the interest of the public as well as of appellant.