USA v. Joel Socorro

FILED
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
JOHN LEY
CLERK
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 10-13665
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 1:96-cr-00565-DMM-9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JOEL SOCORRO,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(November 23, 2011)
Before TJOFLAT, CARNES and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Joel Socorro appeals his conviction on a plea of guilty for carrying a firearm

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during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). Socorro claims1
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
nonjurisdictional 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.
The crime of violence was an attempt to rob a shipment of property in the possession of1
the United Parcel Service on June 11, 1996, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a).
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