Opinion
CRIMINAL 21-14000 (DEA)
01-20-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JABREE JOHNSON
Mark W. Catanzaro, Esq. Counsel for Defendant Tracey Agnew Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Boden Attorney-in-Charge, Trenton Branch Office
Mark W. Catanzaro, Esq. Counsel for Defendant
Tracey Agnew Assistant U.S. Attorney
Eric Boden Attorney-in-Charge, Trenton Branch Office
CONTINUANCE ORDER
DOUGLAS E. ARPERT UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
This matter having come before the Court on the joint application of Philip R. Sellinger, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (by Tracey Agnew, Assistant U.S. Attorney), and defendant Jabree Johnson (by Mark W. Catanzaro, Esq.) for an order granting a continuance of the proceedings in the above-captioned matter from the date of this order through March 31, 2023, and the defendant being aware that he has the right to have the matter submitted to a grand jury within 30 days of the date of his arrest pursuant to Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 3161(b), and the defendant through his attorney having consented to the continuance, and Standing Order 21-011 and seven prior continuances having been granted by the Court, on May 26, 2021, July 29, 2021, October 29, 2021, January 31, 2022, May 2, 2022, July 28, 2022, and November 1, 2022; 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) Plea negotiations are ongoing, and the parties would like additional time to continue negotiating a plea agreement, which would render a trial of this matter unnecessary;
(2) Taking into account the exercise of diligence, the facts of this case necessitate that defense counsel be permitted a reasonable amount of additional time for effective preparation in this matter;
(3) The defendant consents to this continuance; and
(4) Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 3161(h)(7), the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
ORDERED that this action be, and it hereby is, continued through March 31, 2023; and it is further
ORDERED that the period from the date this Order is signed through March 31, 2023, shall be excludable in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974.