Opinion
2:18-CR-00318-JCM-DJA
11-29-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CHRISTOPHER KENNETH COOLIDGE Defendant.
JASON M. FRIERSON United States Attorney MELANEE SMITH Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for the United States TELIA MARY U. WILLIAMS Law Office of Telia U. Williams Attorney for Defendant Christopher Coolidge
JASON M. FRIERSON United States Attorney MELANEE SMITH Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for the United States
TELIA MARY U. WILLIAMS Law Office of Telia U. Williams Attorney for Defendant Christopher Coolidge
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE SENTENCING (EIGHTH REQUEST)
It is hereby stipulated by and between Christopher Kenneth Coolidge, Defendant, by and through his counsel, Telia Mary U. Williams, Esq., and the United States of America, by and through its counsel, Melanee Smith, Assistant United States Attorney, that the sentencing date in the above-captioned matter currently scheduled for December 1, 2022, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., be vacated and continued by as near as possible to thirty (30) days from the date of this stipulation, to a date and time convenient to this Honorable Court.
This Stipulation is entered into for the following reasons:
1. Defendant's counsel has had a family emergency and cannot reasonably attend nor prepare for the hearing, and is currently out of the jurisdiction.
2. The Defendant is currently out of custody on Pretrial Release in the State of Washington. He does not object to the continuance.
3. Counsel for the Government has no objection to the continuance.
4. Denial for this request for continuance could deny the Defendant the effective assistance of counsel.
5. Accordingly, denial of this request for continuance would result in a miscarriage of justice.
6. For all the above-stated reasons, the ends of justice would best be served by a 30-day continuance of the sentencing date.
7. This is the eighth request for a continuance of the sentencing date in this case. Prior continuance requests primarily resulted from the need to accommodate complications resulting from the previous Covid-19 pandemic, as well as, issues with travel, as the Defendant currently resides out of state.
DATED this 28th day of November, 2022.
ORDER
FINDINGS OF FACT
Based on the pending Stipulation of counsel, and good cause appearing therefore, the Court finds:
1. Defendant's counsel has a family emergency and cannot reasonably attend nor prepare for the hearing, and is currently out of the jurisdiction.
2. The Defendant is currently out of custody on Pretrial Release in the State of Washington. He does not object to the continuance.
3. Counsel for the Government has no objection to the continuance.
4. Denial for this request for continuance could deny the Defendant the effective assistance of counsel.
5. Accordingly, denial of this request for continuance would result in a miscarriage of justice.
6. For all the above-stated reasons, the ends of justice would best be served by a 30-day continuance of the sentencing date.
7. This is the eighth request for a continuance of the sentencing date in this case. Prior continuance requests primarily resulted from the need to accommodate complications resulting from the previous Covid-19 pandemic, as well as, issues with travel, as the Defendant currently resides out of state.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Denial of this request for continuance would deny the defendant, Christopher Coolidge, to have the effective assistance of his counsel.
As such, denial of this request for continuance could result in a miscarriage of justice.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the sentencing currently scheduled for December 1, 2022 at 10:00am, be continued to January 27, 2023, at 11:00 a.m.