Legal Opinion
United States v. Otis Vasser, Jr., Leon Page
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 2, 1990No. 89-7327PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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.
FACTS
Beginning in 1986 Vasser and Page brought large quantities of cocaine into the United States from the Bahamas using a number of women as couriers. Two couriers, Pamela Weatherspoon…
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