Opinion
Case No. 2:11-CR-0249 MCE
01-04-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, v. ALONZO JACKSON BROWN, III, Defendant.
DONALD H. HELLER, SBN 55717 DONALD H. HELLER, A Law Corporation Attorneys for Defendant ALONZO JACKSON BROWN, III
DONALD H. HELLER, SBN 55717
DONALD H. HELLER,
A Law Corporation
Attorneys for Defendant
ALONZO JACKSON BROWN, III
STIPULATION AND ORDER
IT IS HEREBY stipulated between the United States of America through its undersigned counsel, R. Steven Lapham, Assistant United States Attorney, and counsel for defendant Alonzo Jackson Brown, III, Donald H. Heller, Esq. that the status conference presently set for January 5, 2012, be continued to February 2, 2012, at 9:00 A.M. and thus vacating the presently set status conference. The reason for this continuance is that counsel for the government and defendant are engaged in plea negotiations with the intent to either resolve the case by plea agreement before the next scheduled court appearance and change the court appearance from a status conference to a change of plea hearing or in the alternative set a trial date.
It is further stipulated that the time between January 5, 2012, and February 2, 2012, be appropriately be excluded from the Speedy Trial Act pursuant to 18 USC § 3161 (h)(7)(B)(iv) [Local Code T-4]. It is further stipulated that there is a factual basis for this Court to conclude that the ends of justice served by this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
DONALD H. HELLER
A Law Corporation
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DONALD H. HELLER, ESQ.
Attorney for Defendant
ALONZO JACKSON BROWN, III
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R. STEVEN LAPHAM
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Attorney for the United States
ORDER
GOOD CAUSE APPEARING based on the stipulation between the parties, it is hereby ordered that the January 5, 2012 status conference be continued to February 2, 2012 at 9:00 A.M.
The Court finds based on the stipulation that counsel for the government and defendant are engaged in plea negotiations with the intent to either resolve the case by plea agreement before the next scheduled court appearance and change the court appearance from a status conference to a change of plea hearing or in the alternative set a trial date.
It is further Ordered that the time between January 5, 2012 and February 2, 2012, be appropriately be excluded from the Speedy Trial Act pursuant to 18 USC § 3161 (h)(7)(B)(iv) [Local Code T-4]. The Court further finds that there is a factual basis to conclude that the ends of justice served by this continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE