Opinion
No. CR-S-12-223-WBS
07-24-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ANDRANIK MARTIROSYAN, Defendant.
JOHN R. MANNING Attorney for Defendant Andranik Martirosyan Benjamin B. Wagner United States Attorney STEVEN LAPHAM Assistant U.S. Attorney
JOHN R. MANNING (SBN 220874)
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Attorney for Defendant
ANDRANIK MARTIROSYAN
STIPULATION REGARDING
EXCLUDABLE TIME PERIODS
UNDER SPEEDY TRIAL ACT;
[PROPOSED] FINDINGS AND ORDER
Date: August 22, 2012
The United States of America through its undersigned counsel, Steven Lapham, Assistant United States Attorney, together with counsel for defendant Andranik Martirosyan, John R. Manning, Esq., hereby stipulate the following:
1. This matter is set for arraignment on the indictment on July 24, 2012.
2. By this stipulation, Mr. Martirosyan now moves to continue the arraignment until August 22, 2012.
3. The parties agree and stipulate, and request the Court find the following:
a. Mr. Martisosyan was originally scheduled to be arraigned on July 10, 2012. However, due to concerns over Mr. Martirosyan health, the matter was re-set for July 24, 2012.
b. Mr. Martirosyan has recently suffered a significant cardiac incident. Mr. Martirosyan had cardiac surgery on June 13, 2012. Since then, Mr. Martirosyan has left his son's house only twice, for medical appointments. Due to his very slow recovery, Mr. Martirosyan has many of the surgical staples/sutures still in place.
c. Mr. Martirosyan's family is attempting to gather the defendant's medical history. They have some information and have forwarded what they have to this office. They will be gathering further information in the coming days. The Defense is seeking a continuance to allow us time to gather a more complete assessment of Mr. Martirosyan's health and confer with Government's counsel, Steven Lapham. (It should be noted, Mr. Martirosyan speaks very limited English and the services of an Armenian language interpreter is necessary to effectively communicate with the defendant.)
d. Counsel for Mr. Martirosyan believes the failure to grant a continuance in this case would be, potentially, life threatening to Mr. Martirosyan. The defendant is very weak and quite obviously in poor health. Because of Mr. Martirosyan's health issues, proceeding absent a continuance may endanger the defendant; would deny defense counsel reasonable time to meet with and review the indictment with the defendant; and, further deny the defense time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence.
e. The Government does not object to the continuance.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
______________________
JOHN R. MANNING
Attorney for Defendant
Andranik Martirosyan
Benjamin B. Wagner
United States Attorney
by: ______________________
STEVEN LAPHAM
Assistant U.S. Attorney
ORDER
IT IS SO FOUND AND ORDERED this 24th day of July, 2012.
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HON. KENDALL J. NEWMAN
MAGISTRATE COURT JUDGE