Opinion
Crim. No. 06-65.
August 18, 2008
ORDER
This matter having been opened to the Court by defendant Raj Mukherji (Michael A. Baldassare, Esq., appearing) and Christopher J. Christie, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (Philip James Degnan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, appearing) for an order granting a 60-day continuance of the proceedings in the above-captioned matter, and the defendant being aware that he has the right to have the matter tried within seventy days of the filing date of the Indictment, pursuant to Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 3161(c), and the defendant having waived such right, 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 parties are conducting plea negotiations. Successful resolution of these negotiations would render the presentation of this matter to a jury for trial in this matter unnecessary.
2. Defendant Mukherji has consented to the aforementioned continuance.
3. Pursuant to Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 3161(h)(8), the ends of justice served by granting the continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants in a speedy trial.
WHEREFORE, it is on this 18th day of August 2008,
ORDERED that the proceedings in the above-captioned matter are continued from August 10, 2008 through October 10, 2008;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the period between August 10, 2008 through October 10, 2008 shall be excludable in computing time under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974;