Opinion ID: 2981205
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Heading: Bugg’s Assertion of His Right to a Speedy Trial

Text: Bugg’s timing in asserting his speedy-trial right weighs against him. See Barker, 407 U.S. at 531-32. Although a defendant does not waive his speedy-trial right by failing to raise it prior to trial, the “failure to assert the right will make it difficult for a defendant to prove that he was denied 1 The considerable sentencing advantage that the government allegedly gained by declining to indict Bugg concurrently for the Western Auto and Gas-N-Go robberies stems only from preindictment delay. Bugg waived his right to raise this argument. -6- No. 09-5882 United States v. Bugg a speedy trial.” Young, 657 F.3d at 415 (quoting Barker, 407 U.S. at 532). Bugg raised his speedytrial right for the first time in his pre-sentencing motions and again during his sentencing allocution. While not as damaging as having waited until appeal, Bugg’s delay in asserting this right hampers his vindication of it.