IN HAEC VERBA: INDICTED REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN THOMAS GLAIZE MANUEL'S BRIBERY TRIAL SET FOR APRIL 2009 TERM OF FEDERAL COURT IN JAX

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
THOMAS G. MANUEL
_________________________________
Case No. 3:08-cr-370-J-34HTS

O R D E R

This cause is before the Court on Defendant Thomas G. Manuel’s Amended
Unopposed Second Motion for Continuance (Dkt. No. 48; Motion) filed on December 10,
2008. In the Motion, Defendant requests that the Court continue the trial and other
proceedings in this matter for three months. See Motion at 1. In support of the Motion, defense counsel asserts that this case involves approximately 42 lengthy audio and/or audio/video recordings that need to be transcribed, reviewed and analyzed, and that a significant amount of legal work and investigation needs to be done in order to properly advise Defendant on how to proceed with this matter. See id. at 1-2. Defense counsel represents to the Court that Defendant consents to the requested continuance and that counsel for the government does not object to the relief requested in the Motion. See id. at 2. After due consideration, it is
ORDERED:
1. Defendant Thomas G. Manuel’s Amended Unopposed Second Motion for
Continuance (Dkt. No. 48) is GRANTED.
2. This case is continued to the April 2009 trial term, commencing on April 6,
2009. In light of the voluminous and lengthy recordings and defense counsel’s
representation that a significant amount of legal work and investigation must be done in order to properly advise Defendant on how to proceed with this matter, the Court finds that “the ends of justice served by the granting of such continuance outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.” 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(8)(A). The Court, therefore, determines that the time from today until the end of the April 2009 trial term shall be "excludable time" pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h).
3. This case is stricken from the January 2009 trial calendar and defense
counsel is relieved of the obligation of attending the status conference previously scheduled for December 15, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. Another status conference is scheduled for March 23, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. before the undersigned in Courtroom 10B, Tenth Floor, United States Courthouse, 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida.
DONE AND ORDERED at Jacksonville, Florida, this 11th day of December, 2008.

MARCIA MORALES HOWARD
United States District Judge

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