Briggs

United States v. Briggs

Good Law
197 F. App'x 680
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 17, 2006No. 05-30620California339 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Defendant-Appellant Christopher Dale Briggs appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(8) for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a person subject to a restraining order. He contends that the conviction should be vacated due to a violation of the Speedy Trial Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the district court. The facts are known to the parties and we do not recite them here.

The district court did not err in concluding that Briggs’s Speedy Trial rights were not violated. Although the number of days from Briggs’s December 2, 2004, arraignment until his plea agreement was entered on June 19, 2005, well exceeds the time period allotted by the Speedy Trial Act, there was no violation because only forty-two nonexcludable days ran on Briggs’s speedy trial clock.

After Briggs’s arraignment, eleven days ran before his attorney’s motion to with *681 draw tolled the clock. See United States v. Daychild, 357 F.3d 1082, 1095 (9th Cir.2004). When Briggs’s new attorney was formally appointed on January 6, 2005, the clock began to run again for thirty-one additional days. On February 7, 2005,…

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