UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Antonio DUQUE, Defendant-Appellant

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge:

After being arrested in Arizona, indicted in California and subsequently re-indicted in Arizona, Carlos Antonio Duque was tried and convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to do the same, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 21 U.S.C. § 846. Duque was arrested while unloading cocaine from a truck that had been driven from Mexico to the United States at the behest of an individual working with federal drug agents.

Duque now appeals his conviction on numerous grounds, including the contention that the delay between his original…