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United States v. Rosenbaum

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
Aug 21, 2019
CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 2:19-CR-946 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 21, 2019)

Opinion

CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 2:19-CR-946

08-21-2019

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. STEVEN ROSENBAUM


OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE

On August 21, 2019, Defendant moved for a continuance of the final pretrial conference and jury selection and trial because the Defendant and counsel had not yet had adequate time to review the discovery and investigate the case, and the Defendant had not had adequate time to consider whether he wished to have a trial or plead guilty (D.E. 12). The United States was unopposed to the motion.

Under the Speedy Trial Act, a district court may grant a continuance and exclude the resulting delay from the time in which a trial must commence if it makes on-the-record findings that the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the public's and defendant's interests in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7).

Having considered the Defendant's motion, the Court finds that the failure to grant a continuance in this case would deny counsel for the defendant the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.

Accordingly, the Court finds that the ends of justice are served by granting a continuance in this case and outweigh the best interests of the public and Defendant in a speedy trial, and the period of the continuance is excluded from speedy trial computation.

The Court GRANTS the Defendant's motion (D.E.12) and CONTINUES the final pretrial conference until September 27, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. before undersigned and schedules the jury selection and trial for October 7, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. before Hon. David S. Morales.

ORDERED this 21st day of August, 2019.

/s/_________

B. JANICE ELLINGTON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE


Summaries of

United States v. Rosenbaum

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION
Aug 21, 2019
CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 2:19-CR-946 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 21, 2019)
Case details for

United States v. Rosenbaum

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. STEVEN ROSENBAUM

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION

Date published: Aug 21, 2019

Citations

CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 2:19-CR-946 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 21, 2019)