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U.S. v. VASSER

No. 89-7327.

916 F.2d 624 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis VASSER, Jr., Leon Page, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar W. Adams, III, Birmingham, Ala., for Vasser.

John A. Bivens, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for Page.

Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty. and Bill Barnett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Otis Vasser and Leon Page were convicted of multiple counts of conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine and importation and distribution of cocaine. They assert that their trial violated the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161 et seq., because the district court improperly excluded from the speedy trial period delays caused by continuances it granted to the government. We affirm.

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