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Criminal Procedure Keyed to Ohlin
Doggett v. United States
Citation:
505 U.S. 647 (1992)Facts
On February 22, 1980, petitioner Marc Doggett was indicted for conspiring with several others to import and distribute cocaine. Douglas Driver, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s principal agent investigating the conspiracy, told the United States Marshal’s Service that the DEA would oversee the apprehension of Doggett and his confederates. To catch Doggett on his return to the U.S., Driver sent word of his outstanding arrest warrant to all U.S. Customs stations. Doggett, however, remained lost to the American criminal justice system until September 1988, nearly 6 years after his return to the U.S. and after 8 1/2 years after his indictment, when Doggett finally was arrested. He moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that the Government’s failure to prosecute him earlier violated his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial.
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