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Perry A. Carbone, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for plaintiffappellant.
Peter T. Sheridan, Asst. U.S. Atty. for E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Andrew
J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., for E.D.N.Y., John Gleeson, Asst. U.S. Atty.,
E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.
Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, WINTER and MAHONEY, Circuit
Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Under Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 92 S.Ct. 2182, 33 L.Ed.2d 101 (1972),
the following factors must be considered in determining whether a defendant's
sixth amendment right to a speedy trial has been violated: (i) the length of the
delay, (ii) the reason for the delay, (iii) whether and how the defendant has
asserted his speedy trial rights, (iv) resultant prejudice, if any. 407 U.S. at 530,
92 S.Ct. at 2191. Applying these factors to the present case, it is clear that
Garcia was not deprived of his sixth amendment rights.
The primary factors leading to this conclusion are Garcia's failure to make his
sixth amendment claim prior to the instant motion, approximately six years
after his conviction, and his failure to assert any trial prejudice resulting from
the delay. Garcia failed to raise the speedy trial issue at his trial and offers no
explanation for the delay in raising that issue. This is thus not an instance
where the defendant has "repeatedly and energetically asserted his rights."
United States v. Vispi, 545 F.2d 328, 334 (2d Cir.1976). Nor does Garcia
particularize in any way how he was prejudiced at trial by the delay. Moreover,
given the length of time between the trial and the raising of the claim, it would
be very difficult now to reconstruct a record regarding trial prejudice that
should have been made six years ago. Garcia's belated motion thus attempts to
impose on the government and the court the very burdens that the sixth
amendment seeks to avoid being placed on defendants. Barker factors (iii) and
(iv) thus weigh heavily against Garcia's claim.
Garcia's second claim, that the district court erred by dismissing his pro se
AFFIRMED.