Opinion
Criminal No. 11-799 (JLL)
02-24-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. QUAWEE MCQUEEN
Hon. Jose L. Linares
ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE
This matter having been opened to the Court on the joint application of Paul J. Fishman, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (Michael H. Robertson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, appearing) and defendant Quawee McQueen (Vincent J. Nuzzi, Esq., appearing), for an order granting a continuance of the proceedings in the above-captioned matter, and the defendant being aware that he has the right to have the matter brought to trial within 70 days of the date of his appearance before a judicial officer of this court pursuant to Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 3161(c)(1), and as the defendant has consented to such a 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. Attorney Vincent J. Nuzzi, Esq. was recently retained as counsel and plea negotiations are currently in progress, and both the United States and the defendant desire additional time to negotiate a plea agreement, which would render any subsequent trial of this matter unnecessary;
2, As a result of the foregoing, 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,
IT IS, therefore, on this 24thday of February, 2012
ORDERED that this action be, and hereby is, continued until May 7, 2012; and it is further
ORDERED that a motion schedule and/or a schedule for further proceedings will be set by the Court; and' it is further
ORDERED that the period from the date of this order through May 7, 2012 shall be excludable in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974.
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Honorable Jose L. Linares
United States Distric Judge
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Michael H. Robertson
Assistant U.S. Attorney
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Vincent J. Mizzi, Esq.
Attorney for Quawee McQueen