John Edwards court date looming....
capten Saturday, 11/15/14 09:25:03 AM
Re: None
Post # of 81770
RICHARD W. WRIGHT, ESQUIRE
WRIGHT STANISH & WINCKLER
300 S. Fourth Street
Suite 701
Las Vegas, NV 89101
702-382-4004
702-382-4800
Attorney for Defendant Edwards
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) CASE NO: 2:09-CR-132-JAD-GWF
)
Plaintiff, ))
vs. ))
JOHN M. EDWARDS, ))
Defendants. )
____________________________________)
DEFENDANT EDWARDS’ JOINDER TO MOTION TO CONTINUE #272
Defendant, John M. Edwards, by and through his counsel, Richard A. Wright, Esquire,
Wright Stanish & Winckler, moves this Honorable Court, to join Defendant Gutierrez Motion to
Continue, Docket 272.
John Edwards was extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States and appeared
before this Court on August 14, 2014, at which time he was ordered detained. Mr. Edwards’
diminished capacity resulted in an order for a competency evaluation which commenced on October
30, 2014 when he arrived at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego, California. The
undersigned counsel is in the process of delivering to the facility the medical records and previous
competency evaluations from the UK. Counsel anticipated a four month evaluation process.
Counsel is familiarizing himself with the case pleadings and discovery and has not yet
commenced a review of the evidence/discovery.
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Mr. Edwards, though the undersigned counsel, respectfully requests a continuance of the trial
date and motions deadlines.
Dated this 14th day of November, 2014.
Respectfully Submitted,
WRIGHT STANISH & WINCKLER
BY /s/ Richard A. Wright
RICHARD A. WRIGHT, ESQUIRE
300 S. Fourth Street
Suite 701
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Attorneys for Defendant Edwards
(page 3 above was certificate of service to defendant parties)
Daniel G. Bogden
United States Attorney
District of Nevada
Timothy S. Vasquez
Assistant United States Attorney
333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 5000
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
702-388-6336
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
-oOo-
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff
vs.
[1] JEFFREY TURINO,
[2] JOHN EDWARDS,
[5] MELISSA SPOONER,
[8] BRIAN DVORAK,
[9] GINGER GUTIERREZ, and
[10] JAMES KINNEY,
Defendants
Case No. 2:09-CR-132-JAD-GWF
UNITED STATES’ JOINDER TO DEFENDANT
GUITERREZ’S MOTION TO CONTINUE
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by the United States Attorney and undersigned
Assistant United States Attorney, hereby moves this Honorable Court, to join Defendant
Gutierrez’s Motion to Continue Trial (Docket No. 272). In support of its motion, the
Government states:
1. Defendant John Edwards, who is joined for trial with his co-defendants, is
undergoing a competency evaluation. The issue of Edwards’ competency is not expected to be
Case 2:09-cr-00132-JAD-GWF Document 282 Filed 11/14/14 Page 1 of 2
resolved by the current trial setting of January 5, 2015. The interests of judicial economy and
other efficiencies weigh in favor of continuing the case until these issues can be resolved.
2. Defendant John Turino, the only other defendant who has been detained in this
case, has moved to join the motion for a continuance. (Docket No. 275.)
3. The remaining defendants are out of custody. Defendant Dvorak has joined the
motion. Defendants Spooner and Kinney have not opposed the motion.
For these reasons, the Government respectfully moves to join Defendant Gutierrez’s
Motion to Continue Trial (Docket No. 272) and asks the Court continue the calendar call and
trial date in this Case until mid-summer or fall 2015.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 14th day of November 2014.
Daniel G. Bogden
United States Attorney
District of Nevada
/s/ .
KATHRYN C. NEWMAN
Assistant United States Attorney
JeffreyTurino (not John) agreed to the Continuance most likely because of the new 65 discs & additional 500 pages which need to be translated & would think he would be interested in going to trial IF/When, Edwards will be there.
Gutierrez's attorney has a previously scheduled trial which he already stated, wouldn't be over until Feb 2015.
Just my opinion, of course.
