Opinion
5:23-CR-36 (MTT)
03-28-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. BYRON BRADLEY DEMERITTE, Defendant.
ORDER
MARC T. TREADWELL, CHIEF JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
The defendant, by and through his counsel, has moved the Court to continue this case to the next trial term. Doc. 66. The defendant, along with one co-defendant, was indicted on June 14, 2023. Doc. 1. Defendant Byron Bradley Demeritte had his arraignment in this Court on July 6, 2023. Doc. 17. Four prior continuances have been granted. Docs. 38; 44; 51; 64. The defendant, by and through his counsel, now moves the Court to continue this case to the next trial term to give additional time to resolve a contemporaneously filed motion to suppress and a discovery issue related to a bodycam video. Doc. 66 at 2. The government does not oppose the motion. Id.
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A), the Court finds the ends of justice served by granting this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant to a speedy trial. Accordingly, the motion (Doc. 66) is GRANTED. The case is continued from the April term until the Court's trial term presently scheduled for July 22, 2024. The corresponding delay shall be deemed excludable pursuant to the provisions of the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161 et seq.
SO ORDERED.