United States v. Robert Daniel Ward and Rodney Ellis

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• holding that testimony from cooperating witnesses about their prior drug transactions with a defendant was intricately related to the facts of the charged drug conspiracy charges
• recognizing that general allegations of anxiety and concern were insufficient to support finding a Sixth Amendment violation
• recognizing that general allegations of anxiety and concern were insufficient to support finding a Sixth Amendment violation
• finding that the third factor did not weigh strongly in the defendant’s favor where the defendant was represented by counsel but waited until after much of the delay had occurred to assert his speedy trial right
• questioning application of mandamus requirement where party did not discover information upon which recusal motion was based until after trial
• where there was no evidence of purposeful delay by the prosecution, district court did not abuse its discretion in denying motion to dismiss brought pursuant to Rule 48(b)

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