Opinion
CR 07-30035.
August 29, 2007
ORDER
Pending before the Court is Defendant Casey Morrison's Third Motion to Continue Trial and Related Pretrial Deadlines, Doc. 26, requesting the Court continue the trial setting to a time at least sixty (60) days past the current trial date of September 25, 2007, as well as all related pretrial deadlines, and 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 Defendant in a speedy trial. For all of those reasons as well as those set forth in the Motion,
IT IS ORDERED:
1. That Defendant Casey Morrison's Third Motion to Continue Trial and Related Pre-Trial Deadlines, Doc. 26, is granted.
2. That October 30, 2007, is hereby set as the deadline for submission to the Court of any proposed plea agreement.
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 for Defendants shall commence in Pierre, South Dakota, on Tuesday, November 27, 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 Defendant in a speedy trial. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(A).