Opinion
Dan Koukol Attorney for defendant Omar Williams
Jason Hitt Assistant U.S. Attorney
STIPULATION AND ORDER
TROY L. NUNLEY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
It is hereby stipulated and agreed to between the United States of America through Jason Hitt, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and defendant Omar Williams, by and through his attorney, Dan Koukol, that the Admit/Deny Hearing of January 8, 2015 be vacated and that an Admit/Deny Hearing be set for February 26, 2015 at 9:30 AM.
This continuance is being requested because the defendant is awaiting a revised plea offer.
Counsel agree that the time between the signing of the requested order and February 26, 2015 will be excluded from the speedy trial calculation pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3161(h)(7)(A) and (B) (Local Code T4) in that the defendants' and the public's interest in a speedy trial are outweighed by the interests of justice in permitting counsel adequate time to prepare.
IT IS SO ORDERED, that the Admit/Deny Hearing in the above-entitled matter, scheduled for January 8, 2015, be vacated and the matter continued to February 26, 2015 at 9:30 AM. The Court finds that time under the Speedy Trial Act shall be excluded through that date in order to afford counsel reasonable time to prepare. Based on the parties' representations, the Court finds that the ends of justice served by granting a continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants to a speedy trial.