Filed: Jul. 31, 1978
Latest Update: Feb. 22, 2020
Summary: 577 F.2d 354 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert WEST, Kenny Randall, Robert Higgins, William Miller and Thomas Swan, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert HIGGINS and Thomas Swan, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 77-5194 and 77-5321. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. July 31, 1978. Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Paul M. Korchin, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for West. Jack J. Taffer, Miami, Fla. (
Summary: 577 F.2d 354 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert WEST, Kenny Randall, Robert Higgins, William Miller and Thomas Swan, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert HIGGINS and Thomas Swan, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 77-5194 and 77-5321. United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. July 31, 1978. Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Paul M. Korchin, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for West. Jack J. Taffer, Miami, Fla. (C..
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577 F.2d 354
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Robert WEST, Kenny Randall, Robert Higgins, William Miller
and Thomas Swan, Defendants-Appellants.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Robert HIGGINS and Thomas Swan, Defendants-Appellants.
Nos. 77-5194 and 77-5321.
United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit.
July 31, 1978.
Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Paul M. Korchin, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for West.
Jack J. Taffer, Miami, Fla. (Court-Appointed), for Randall.
Joel Hirschhorn, Miami, Fla., for Higgins.
Fred Haddad, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Swan.
Jack Eskenazi, U. S. Atty., Karen L. Atkinson, Charles O. Farrar, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Before COLEMAN, HILL, and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
1
The final disposition of Thomas Swan's appeal in U. S. v. Higgins and Swan, 5 Cir. 1978, 568 F.2d 365, has awaited the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Mauro, 1978, --- U.S. ----, 98 S. Ct. 1834, 56 L. Ed. 2d 329. The Court's decision that a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum does not constitute a "detainer" within the meaning of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers means that the prosecution of Swan at his second trial was lawful.
2
For the reasons advanced in our prior opinion, and on the authority of Mauro, supra, the conviction of Thomas Swan is AFFIRMED.
