United States v. James Clayton Bell

How courts have described this case

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• holding that unconditional guilty plea waived appeal of speedy trial claims
• suggesting that government’s silence could be sufficient under certain circumstances
• rejecting a claim that the district court was required to warn the defendant that his unconditional guilty plea waived his right to appeal the denial of his speedy trial motion
• under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(h), an appellate court can excuse strict compliance with the Rule 11(a)(2) requirements if the error is harmless
• “[I]f the record contains no manifestation of the appellate rights . . . an appellate court may not reach the merits of the defendant’s appeal.”
• “[T]he district court engaged [the defendant] in the requisite Rule 11 colloquy, advising him of . . . the right to a . . . public trial by jury at which the government would have to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt . . . .”

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