Odell Kinard, Jr. v. United States
Privacy
Does Petitioner sacrifice his Sixth Amendment and statutory rights to a speedy trial by the District Court's repeated denial of his motion to sever his trial from that of co-defendants and his repeated objections to continuances thereby delaying Petitioner's trial well beyond the time prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act and any reasonable conclusion of the effect of the Sixth Amendment?
QUESTION PRESENTED Petitioner expressly did not join several of the motions of his co-defendants in a multi-defendant drug conspiracy case, and objected to a continuance of trial, as well as making repeated attempts to be severed from the other defendants. He did everything he could to assert his right to a speedy trial. The Question Presented is: Does Petitioner sacrifice his Sixth Amendment and statutory rights to a speedy trial by the District Court’s repeated denial of his motion to sever his trial from that of co-defendants and his repeated objections to continuances thereby delaying Petitioner’s trial well beyond the time prescribed by the Speedy Trial Act and any reasonable conclusion of the effect of the Sixth Amendment? i