U.S. v. MERCEDES-TAVERA, 3:14-cr-00151(1). (2015)
Court: District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Number: infdco20150708784
Visitors: 4
Filed: Jun. 15, 2015
Latest Update: Jun. 15, 2015
Summary: MOTION TO CONTINUE CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING WILLIAM J. HAYNES, Jr. , District Judge . The Defendant Engels Mercedes-Tavera, by and through counsel, hereby moves that the Court continue the change of plea hearing set for June 15, 2015 at 1:30. As grounds for this Motion, the undersigned counsel has not yet had the plea agreement and plea petition translated into Spanish for Mr. Mercedes-Tavera. The plea agreement has been read to Mr. Mercedes-Tavera in Spanish, but the Spanish interpreter/tr
Summary: MOTION TO CONTINUE CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING WILLIAM J. HAYNES, Jr. , District Judge . The Defendant Engels Mercedes-Tavera, by and through counsel, hereby moves that the Court continue the change of plea hearing set for June 15, 2015 at 1:30. As grounds for this Motion, the undersigned counsel has not yet had the plea agreement and plea petition translated into Spanish for Mr. Mercedes-Tavera. The plea agreement has been read to Mr. Mercedes-Tavera in Spanish, but the Spanish interpreter/tra..
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MOTION TO CONTINUE CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING
WILLIAM J. HAYNES, Jr., District Judge.
The Defendant Engels Mercedes-Tavera, by and through counsel, hereby moves that the Court continue the change of plea hearing set for June 15, 2015 at 1:30.
As grounds for this Motion, the undersigned counsel has not yet had the plea agreement and plea petition translated into Spanish for Mr. Mercedes-Tavera. The plea agreement has been read to Mr. Mercedes-Tavera in Spanish, but the Spanish interpreter/translator that the undersigned attorney has been employing for Mr. Mercedes-Tavera has changed jobs and moved out of state as of June 1st. The undersigned attorney is meeting with Mr. Mercedes-Tavera this afternoon to have the plea petition read to him in Spanish through an interpreter. The undersigned attorney needs additional time to employ a translator/interpreter to translate the parties plea agreement and the plea petition for Mr. Mercedes-Tavera into Spanish and for the work to be completed.
Mr. Mercedes-Tavera requests a continuance of ten to fourteen days in order to be able to have the plea agreement and plea petition translated into Spanish.
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