United States v. Joel Socorro

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States v. Joel Socorro, 447 F. App'x 921 (11th Cir. 2011)

United States v. Joel Socorro

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Joel Socorro appeals his conviction on a plea of guilty for carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). 1 Socorro claims that his conviction is invalid because he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial: he was not arraigned until thirteen years following the return of his indictment. Socorro did not move the district court to dismiss his indictment on that speedy trial ground; moreover, his plea of guilty operated as a waiver of all nonjuris-dictional defects in the criminal proceeding, including a violation of the right to a speedy trial. United States v. Yunis, 723 F.2d 795, 796 (11th Cir. 1984). Socorro’s conviction is, accordingly, AFFIRMED.

1

. The crime of violence was an attempt to rob a shipment of properly in the possession of the United Parcel Service on June 11, 1996, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a).

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joel SOCORRO, Defendant-Appellant
Status
Unpublished