United States of America v. Richard Steele

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 22-2684
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Richard Steele
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of North Dakota - Western
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Submitted: May 12, 2023
Filed: June 29, 2023
[Unpublished]
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Before SMITH, Chief Judge, COLLOTON and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Richard Steele appeals after he pleaded guilty to assaulting and resisting a
federal officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1), (b). The district court1 sentenced
1The Honorable Daniel L. Hovland, United States District Judge for the District
of North Dakota.

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him to 20 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Steele argues that his right to a speedy
trial was violated.
“Upon careful review, we conclude that [Steele] waived any speedy trial claim
by pleading guilty.” United States v. Lacey, No. 21-3737, 2022 WL 1594528, at *1
(8th Cir. May 20, 2022) (unpublished per curiam) (citing United States v. Cox, 985
F.2d 427, 433 (8th Cir. 1993) (claim that indictment should have been dismissed for
violation of the Speedy Trial Act was waived by guilty plea); Speed v. United States,
518 F.2d 75, 77 (8th Cir. 1975) (“[I]t is well settled that a plea of guilty waives any
claim to denial of a speedy trial”)).2
Accordingly, we affirm.
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2Steele has not argued that he did not knowingly and voluntarily enter his guilty
plea, nor does the record support such an argument. See United States v. Gilkes, 529
F. App’x 804, 805 (8th Cir. 2013) (unpublished per curiam) (“Because Gilkes’s plea
was voluntary, his speedy-trial claim is waived.”); United States v. Seay, 620 F.3d
919, 922 (8th Cir. 2010) (recognizing “that a voluntary plea of guilty constitutes a
waiver of all non-jurisdictional defects, and the right to a speedy trial is non-
jurisdictional in nature” (cleaned up)); Cox v. Lockhart, 970 F.2d 448, 453 (8th Cir.
1992) (stating that a knowingly and voluntarily entered guilty plea waives a
defendant's right to a speedy trial).
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