U.S. v. HARRIS

Nos. 08-1192, 08-1543, 08-1694.

567 F.3d 846 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert M. HARRIS, David T. Morrow, and Damian Y. James, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Edward Leggans (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Dana Orr (argued), Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Gabriel B. Galloway (argued), Chicago, IL, Susan Kister (argued), Susan Kister, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellants.

Robert M. Harris, Oakdale, LA, pro se.

Damian Y. James, Manchester, KY, pro se.

Before FLAUM and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and KAPALA, District Judge.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

We consider in this case the appeals of three defendants convicted of conspiring to sell crack cocaine in southern Illinois. Only Damian James challenges his conviction, and we find there was no Speedy Trial Act violation in his case because, after excluding the time attributable to the continuances James himself requested, his trial commenced in a timely fashion. We also conclude that sufficient...

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