Opinion
CR 07-40064.
November 14, 2007
ORDER
Pending before the Court is the Government's Motion to Continue Jury Trial, Doc. 37, requesting the date for the jury trial be extended a few weeks. After consideration of the file in this matter, the Court finds that failure to grant the continuance would deny counsel the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence, and further that failure to grant the continuance would deny the public interest in bringing this case to trial in an orderly fashion. Further, the Court finds that the ends of justice served by continuing this trial outweigh the best interests of the public and the Defendants in a speedy trial. For all of those reasons as well as those set forth in the Motion, Defendant's Motion is granted. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED:
1. That the Government's Motion to Continue Jury Trial, Doc. 37, is granted in part and denied in part.
2. That November 20, 2007, is hereby set as the deadline for submission to the Court of any proposed plea agreement by any Defendant.
3. That all motions in limine shall be in writing and filed, together with proposed instructions, with the Court ten (10) working days before trial.
4. That the jury trial herein shall commence in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, with counsel to be present for motions in limine at 9:00 A.M., and with the jury to report at 9:30 A.M.
5. That the period of delay resulting from such continuance is excluded in computing the time within which the trial of the offense for the Defendants must commence, as the Court finds that the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interests of the public and the Defendants in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(A).