Friday, December 21, 2007

Speedy trial reversal in Tenth Circuit

Fred Lynn won in U.S. v. Williams, No. 06-5036 (10th Cir. Dec. 20, 2007), reversing an Oklahoma federal drug and firearm convictions based on a violation of the Speedy Trial Act:

Even assuming that at least some of the serious deficiencies in the district court’s three continuance orders could be ameliorated by subsequent on-the record findings, the court’s comments here are not up to the task. The record is completely devoid of any ends-of-justice findings, either oral or written, bolstering the findings in the three orders.

On a purely stylistic note, the opinion uses charts and color graphs. I'm guessing Paige is duly impressed! Here is coverage on the Decision of the Day Blog.

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