United States v. Robin Sims

KELLY, Circuit Judge.

This is Robin Sims’ second time before the court. On the government’s interlocutory appeal in 2014, we found that the district court’s 1 exclusion of DNA evidence as a sanction for the government’s late disclosure was not an abuse of discretion. The case then proceeded to trial, and a jury convicted Sims on all counts. Now, in Sims’ post-judgment appeal, he argues that the delay created by the government’s interlocutory appeal was a violation of his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. Finding no such violation, we affirm.

I. Background

We set forth a detailed…