Free Order on Motion to Continue - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

Case 3:02-cr-00062-AWT

Document 200

Filed 08/10/2006

Page 1 of 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ---------------------------x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : : : v. : : JOSE COSME : ---------------------------x

No.

3:02CR00062(AWT)

ENDORSEMENT ORDER Defendant Jose Cosme's Motion to Adjourn Jury Selection and Trial to Be Filed Under Seal (Doc. No. 197) is hereby GRANTED in

part and DENIED in part.

Jose Cosme's motion to have Doc. No. 197 Jose Cosme's motion to continue jury The defendant's supplemental Motion to

filed under seal is granted. selection is denied, as moot.

Adjourn Jury Selection and Trial (Doc. No. 198) is hereby GRANTED, absent objection. The court finds that the interests of justice

served by postponing jury selection from August 11, 2006 to October 13, 2006 outweigh the interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial because the failure to grant a continuance would deny counsel for the defense the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account the exercise of due diligence. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(B)(iv). See

Accordingly, the speedy trial time

shall be excluded from August 11, 2006 to October 13, 2006. It is so ordered. Dated this 9th day of August 2006 at Hartford, Connecticut.

/s/Alvin W. Thompson Alvin W. Thompson United States District Judge