DISCLAIMER: Any unofficial case summaries below are prepared by the clerk's office
as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
081855P.pdf 03/23/2009 United States v. Luis Erenas-Luna
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-1855
District of Nebraska - Lincoln
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Bright and Riley, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law. In applying the test set out in Barker v.
Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972), for post-indictment delay, the district court
erred in failing to apply a presumption in defendant's favor when it
analyzed the fourth factor of the test - whether defendant suffered any
prejudice as a result of the delay - and the case must be remanded for
further consideration; on remand, the district court should apply an
appropriate presumption in defendant's favor and allow the government
an opportunity to rebut the remand; if the government cannot do so, the
Barker factors weigh in defendant's favor, and dismissal will be required.