P. v. Abrams CA3
While defendant John Thomas Abrams was serving a prison sentence in Nevada, the Sacramento County District Attorney (DA) filed a detainer, i.e., a request asking the institution in which defendant was incarcerated to either hold him for the DA or notify the DA when defendant’s release was imminent. (Carchman v. Nash (1985) 473 U.S. 716, 719 [87 L.Ed.2d 516, 520] (Carchman).) The detainer was based on a complaint filed by the DA charging defendant in Sacramento County with nine counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor.
The Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD, Pen. Code, § 1389 et seq.) required the DA to bring defendant to trial on the complaint within 180 days after defendant asked the DA for a final disposition of the complaint, but when the DA did not meet the 180-day deadline, the DA dismissed the initial complaint charging lewd acts.
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