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Parties Involved:
Major Doyal Bursey
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined

that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent

except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.

R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

April 20, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-51055

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

MAJOR DOYAL BURSEY,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. A:03-CR-127-ALL-H 

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Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Major Doyal Bursey appeals his guilty-plea conviction

for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. 

He argues that the district court erred in denying his motion

to dismiss the indictment for violation of the Speedy Trial Act. 

The Government contends that Bursey waived the Speedy Trial Act

issue by entering an unconditional guilty plea. 

In this circuit, “a speedy trial violation is a

non-jurisdictional defect waived by a guilty plea.” United

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States v. Bell, 966 F.2d 914, 915 (5th Cir. 1992). By entering

an unconditional guilty plea, Bursey has waived his right to

appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the

indictment for violation of the Speedy Trial Act, and this court 

may not consider the merits of his appeal. See id. at 916-17. 

AFFIRMED. 

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