Opinion ID: 2672950
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: He has filed a Waiver of Speedy Trial[.]

Text: b. There are pending Motions that need to be resolved. 12 c. There has been good cause and it was in the interests of [j]ustice that the [t]rial date was continued. Instead, Mr. Ortiz’s motion asserted that the “delay since the date of the initial reporting of the allegations to the date of the information being filed,” was unconstitutional. In his other two motions to dismiss, Mr. Ortiz again argues only that he was prejudiced by the delay prior to charging. [¶56] The speedy trial clock begins to run upon the date of arrest, indictment, or filing of information, whichever occurs first. Boucher, 2011 WY 2, ¶ 10, 245 P.3d at 349. This Court has found that the speedy trial clause has no application to prearrest delays. Black v. State, 820 P.2d 969, 970 (Wyo. 1991). In Black, this Court adopted the position of the United States Supreme Court. [T]hat as far as the Speedy Trial Clause of the Sixth Amendment is concerned, such delay is wholly irrelevant, since our analysis of the language, history, and purposes of the Clause persuaded us that only “a formal indictment or information or else the actual restraints imposed by arrest and holding to answer a criminal charge . . . engage the particular protections” of that provision. 820 P.2d at 970 (quoting United States v. Marion, 404 U.S. 307, 320, 92 S.Ct. 455, 463, 30 L.Ed.2d 468 (1971)). [¶57] Because all three of Mr. Ortiz’s speedy trial motions argue prearrest delay, they do not assert the right to a speedy trial as provided by the Sixth Amendment. While such prearrest delays do implicate the due process rights of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Mr. Ortiz failed to present any cogent argument regarding a due process violation. Sonnett v. First Am. Title Ins. Co., 2013 WY 106, ¶ 26, 309 P.3d 799, 808 (Wyo. 2013) (This Court will not address arguments that lack any cogent argument or citation to relevant authority.). [¶58] Our analysis of the third factor finds that Mr. Ortiz waived his speedy trial rights twice. His actions subsequent to asserting his speedy trial right caused numerous procedural delays, and, furthermore, his assertions erroneously applied prearrest delay to a speedy trial analysis. Taking these facts into account, we find Mr. Ortiz’s assertion of his speedy trial insufficient to weigh in his favor. 13