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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Kenner Fitzgerald JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 92-50682.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 25, 1994.*
Decided April 6, 1994.
Before: CHOY, SKOPIL, and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM**
Kenner Fitzgerald Jackson appeals his conviction, follоwing jury trial, for escape from custody in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 751. We affirm.
Jackson first contends that the district court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the indictment because he was not indicted within 30 days of his arrest for escape on March 2, 1992, as rеquired by the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3161(b). We review the district court's findings of fact concerning the Speedy Trial Act for clear error, and questions concerning the application of the Act de novo. United States v. Nash,
Jacksоn's claim must fail because "the speedy trial clause has no application where, as here, the govеrnment dismissed charges in good faith." United States v. Moran,
Here, the court granted the Gоvernment's motion to dismiss the escape charge against Jackson without prejudice on March 5, 1992. The grand jury returned the indictment charging Jackson with escape on May 26, 1992. Because the Speedy Trial Act does not apply to the time period between the dismissal of Jackson's escape charge and the subsequent indictment, the сourt properly denied his motion to dismiss the indictment. Id. at 7, n. 7; Arnold v. McCarthy,
Jackson also contends that the district court erred by finding that his waiver of counsel was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. A defendant has an absolute Sixth Amendment right to represent himself at trial. Feretta v. California,
Jackson asserts two grounds for this claim. First he contends that while he waived his right to counsel for the bank robbery charge, he did not waive it for the escape charge, and therefore the waiver was inadequate. It is true that the caption on the request for a status conference concerning Jackson's waiver of his right to counsеl contained the case number for the bank robbery case only, and that the court clerk only called the bаnk robbery case number at the commencement of the trial. However, the record shows that both cases wеre discussed, and the waiver given was in regards to both the bank robbery case as well as the escape cаse.
Jackson also claims that his waiver was not made knowingly and intelligently. The record also refutes this claim. The distriсt court judge informed Jackson of the charges against him, the possible penalties, and the dangers and disadvantаges of self-representation. This court in United States v. Balough,
Finally, Jackson claims that the Government presentеd insufficient evidence to prove that Jackson escaped from custody. Specifically he argues thе Government failed to show that he knowingly left the Century Community Corrections Center without permission, because he believed that he had permission to leave. This court reviews that sufficiency of the evidence to determine "whethеr, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Wilson,
In the case at bar, the Government provided sufficient evidence whereby a jury could find beyond a reasonable doubt that Jackson knowingly escaped from custody without permission. Jackson left at night, with no possessions, five minutes after a head count was taken. He had been informed of the proper release procedures and his scheduled potential rеlease date. Testimony was given contradicting Jackson's testimony that he thought he had permission to leave. The jury was presented with both Jackson's assertion that he left believing he had permission to do so, as well as the Govеrnment's proof that he left knowing he had no such permission. They found that the Government had met the elements of prоof, and chose to convict. There was sufficient evidence to support this conviction.
AFFIRMED.
Notes
The panel unаnimously finds this case suitable for submission on the record and briefs and without oral argument. Fed.R.App.P. 34(a), Ninth Circuit Rule 34-4
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