Opinion
Criminal No. 2:10cr876
03-26-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. TERIEK EDWARDS
Chester Keller Attorney for Teriek Edwards Sharon Ashe Assistant United States Attorney
Hon. William H. Walls
ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE
This matter having been opened to the Court by Paul J. Fishman, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (Sharon Ashe, Assistant U.S. Attorney, appearing), and defendant Teriek Edwards (Chester Keller, appearing), for an order granting a continuance of the proceedings in the above-captioned matter for a period of sixty days, from March 23, 2013, to May 22, 2013, allow the parties to conduct plea negotiations and attempt to finalize a plea agreement, and the defendants being aware that they have the right to have this matter brought to trial within seventy (70) days of date the defendants appeared before a judicial officer of this court and that a continuance shall serve to delay a trial in this matter, and the defendants through their attorneys having waived such rights and consented to the continuance; and for good and sufficient cause shown,
IT IS THE FINDING OF THIS COURT that this action should be continued for the following reasons:
1. The defendants are involved in plea negotiations with the government, which, if successful, would render trial of this matter unnecessary.
2. Defendants have consented to the aforementioned continuance.
3. The grant of a continuance will likely conserve judicial resources.
4. Pursuant to Title 18 of the United Stales Code, Section 3161(h)(7), the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
5. This is the eleventh continuance order sought by the parties.
WHEREFORE, it is on this 26 day of March 2013.
ORDERED that the proceedings in the above-captioned matter are continued for the sixty (60) day period from from March 23, 2013, to May 22, 2013;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the period between from March 23, 2013, to May 22, 2013, shall be excludable in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974.
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HON. WILLIAM H. WALLS
United Stales District Judge
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Chester Keller
Attorney for Teriek Edwards
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Sharon Ashe
Assistant United States Attorney
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Ronnell Wilson
Acting Chief, OCDETF and Narcotics Division