USA v. Joel Socorro, No. 10-13665 (11th Cir. 2011)
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[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-13665 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT NOVEMBER 23, 2011 JOHN LEY CLERK D.C. Docket No. 1:96-cr-00565-DMM-9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOEL SOCORRO, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ________________________ (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 during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1).1 Socorro claims 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. 1 The crime of violence was an attempt to rob a shipment of property in the possession of the United Parcel Service on June 11, 1996, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a). 2
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