Opinion
4:23-CR-018-CDL-MSH
02-28-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LELAND WOFFORD, Defendant.
ORDER
CLAY D. LAND U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
Defendant was indicted on July 12, 2023, ECF. 10, and arraigned on January 31, 2024, ECF.119. A Pretrial Conference is currently scheduled for March 6, 2024. The parties jointly request a continuance. Specifically, Government needs additional time to re-process and re-distribute the voluminous discovery. Consequently, Defendant will need time to meaningfully review discovery, investigate the case, discuss the government's case in chief, and pursue plea negotiations.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the above-referenced matter be continued to next term of Court set for September 2024 term, and that the Speedy Trial deadline for the trial in this matter imposed by 18 U.S.C. § 3161(c)(1) be extended to that time. The Court finds that the ends of justice served by granting of this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the Defendants in a speedy trial because a failure to grant such continuance could result in a miscarriage of justice and would deny counselors for the Defendants and Government the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation. 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161(h)(7)(A)-(B). The delay occasioned by this continuance shall not be considered in calculating the speedy trial deadline under the Speedy Trial Act.
SO ORDERED