F I L E D
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
OCT 23 1998
TENTH CIRCUIT
PATRICK FISHER
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v. No. 97-1340
(D.C. 94-CR-169-1)
WILLIAM R. YOUNG, (District of Colorado)
Defendant-Appellant.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before TACHA , HENRY , and MURPHY , Circuit Judges.
On this appeal, William R. Young contended that the district court erred in
calculating his sentence and violated his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial.
While the appeal was pending, however, Mr. Young died. “‘[D]eath pending
direct review of a criminal conviction abates not only the appeal but also all
proceedings had in the prosecution from its inception.’” United States v. Davis ,
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
953 F.2d 1482, 1486 (10th Cir. 1992) (quoting Durham v. United States , 401
U.S. 481, 483 (1971) (per curiam), overruled on other grounds , Dove v. United
States , 423 U.S. 325 (1976) (per curiam)). Accordingly, the case is remanded to
the district court with directions to vacate the judgment and dismiss the
underlying indictment. See id.
Entered for the Court,
Robert H. Henry
Circuit Judge
2