Interstate Detainer Agreement

Limitation periods: Article IV (c) provides that, subject to renewals granted for good reason in the presence of the prisoner or his lawyer in the presence of the prisoner or his lawyer, “the proceedings shall be initiated within one hundred and twenty days of the prisoner`s arrival in the [S]tate”, failing which the accusation will be rejected by prejudice. (Article V(c)) ] “(D)elay, which is legal under the Speedy Trial Act, will generally be consistent with the mandate of the Detainer Act.” See United States v. Odom, 674 F.2d 228, 231 (4th Cir.), cert. Denied, 457 U.p. 1125 (1982). See also Article III(a) (proceedings shall commence within 180 days of receipt by the State of the prisoner`s request to give a final ruling on the charges underlying the prisoner). (a) where a person has served a term of imprisonment in a penitentiary or penitentiary establishment of a State Party and, during the period of deprivation of liberty, a charge, information or complaint not brought is pending in another State Party, on the basis of which a prisoner has been brought against the prisoner, he shall be seized, within one hundred and ninety days after his extradition, to the prosecutor and to the competent court of the jurisdiction of the prosecutor before which he has made known in writing the place of his detention and his request for a final decision on the indictment, information or appeal, provided that the competent court in the matter can, for good reason, be proven by the open court, the prisoner or his lawyer, grant any necessary or appropriate prosecution. The prisoner`s application must be accompanied by a certificate from the competent officer having custody of the prisoner, hence the duration of the obligation under which the prisoner is detained, the time already served, the time remaining to be served on the sentence, the amount of reasonable time saved, the period of probation of the prisoner; and any decision of the parole authority concerning the prisoner. (b) the written notification referred to in point (a) and the request for a final decision shall be transmitted or transmitted by the prisoner to the supervisor, the head of the Ministry or any other official in his custody, who, together with the certificate, shall forward it without delay to the prosecuting officer and to the competent court by registered or registered letter. I asked for a return ticket. (c) The guard, prison officer or other official in the custody of the prisoner shall immediately inform the prisoner of the origin and contents of a prisoner submitted to him or her and shall also inform the prisoner of his or her right to apply for a final order on the indictment, information or complaint on which the prisoner relies.

(d) Any request for a final injunction from a prisoner in accordance with point (a) of this Article shall be considered as a request for a final decision concerning all inexperienced accusations, information or complaints on the basis of which prisoners have been sent against the prisoner of the State whose law enforcement officer is the addressee of the application for a final injunction. The supervisor, the prison officer or any other official in the custody of the prisoner shall immediately inform all law enforcement officers and courts competent in the various jurisdictions of the receiving State of the prisoner`s request for a final decision of the proceedings initiated by the prisoner. Any notification sent in accordance with this paragraph shall be accompanied by copies of the prisoner`s written notification, application and certificate. In the absence of a trial for indictment, information or complaint contemplated below, before the return of the prisoner to the original place of detention, such accusation, information or complaint may not have any other force or effect, and the court shall issue an order rejecting the prisoner by prejudice. . . .