{"id":"court_sdny_100_0","court":"SDNY","case_no":"","doc_number":100,"sub_number":null,"doc_type":"DOC","filed_date":"2023-06-29","title":"SDNY ECF 100","summary_zh":"修正令状 —— 美国诉 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo）案，SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #100（2023-06-29 提交）。Torres 法官核准排除时间至 2024 年 4 月的审判日期，理由为案件涉及多项指控、长期欺诈计划、广泛电子取证、大量被害人，各方需充分准备时间。","summary_en":"Amended Order — United States v. Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo), SDNY 1:23-cr-00118 ECF #100 (filed June 29, 2023). Judge Torres grants motion to exclude time under the Speedy Trial Act through April 2024 trial date, finding case complexity involving multiple counts, long-term fraud schemes, extensive electronic discovery, and large victim population warrant adequate preparation time for all parties.","body_en":"USDC SDNY\nUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT D OCUMENT\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DOC #: __________________\nDATE FILED: _6/29/2023_____\n-against-\n23 Cr. 118 (AT)\nHO WAN KWOK and YANPING WANG,\nAMENDED ORDER\nDefendants.\nANALISA TORRES, District Judge:\nOn June 6, 2023, the Court held a status conference in this matter. Dkt. Entry 6/6/2023.\nAmong other things, the Court set a trial date of April 8, 2024, and excluded time between June 6,\n2023, and April 8, 2024, under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161. June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:18, 8:12-\n18, ECF No. 88.\nThe Speedy Trial Act states that time may be excluded if the Court finds “that the ends of\njustice served . . . outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial.” 18\nU.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A). The Court must “set[] forth, in the record of the case, either orally or in\nwriting, its reasons for finding that the ends of justice served . . . outweigh the best interests of the\npublic and the defendant in a speedy trial.” Id. The Court must consider, inter alia, whether the\ncomplexity of the case makes it “unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for pretrial proceedings\nor for the trial itself within the time limits established” by the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C.\n§3161(h)(7)(B)(ii), and whether a failure to exclude time “would deny counsel for the defendant or\nthe attorney for the Government the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation,” 18 U.S.C.\n§3161(h)(7)(B)(iv).\nAt the June 6, 2023 conference, the Government moved to exclude time because the parties\nneed time to review discovery, prepare and file motions, prepare for trial, and discuss potential pre-\ntrial resolution. June 6, 2023 Tr. 7:20-24. Defendants opposed the exclusion of time. Id. 8:10-11.\nThe Court considered all relevant factors and stated on the record that “the ends of justice served by\nexcluding [the time between June 6, 2023, and April 8, 2024,] outweigh the interests of the public\nand the defendants in a speedy trial because this will allow time for the prosecution to finish\nproducing discovery, for the defense to consider it, to file motions, and for the parties to discuss a\npossible disposition.” Id. 8:12-18.\nThe Court finds that the complexity of this case makes it “unreasonable to expect adequate\npreparation for pretrial proceedings or for the trial itself within the time limits established” by the\nSpeedy Trial Act. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii). Additionally, exclusion is warranted under 18\nU.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv) because a failure to exclude time would deny the parties “the reasonable\ntime necessary for effective preparation.”\nThis case involves twelve counts against three defendants, one of whom remains at large. See\nSuperseding Indictment, ECF No. 19. The indictment alleges multiple interrelated fraudulent\nschemes over the course of approximately five years, involving the use of approximately 500 bank\n\naccounts and at least eighty entities or individuals in several countries. Id. ¶¶ 1–3. This case\ninvolves thousands of victims. See ECF No. 10 at 4. The parties have indicated that trial will take up\nto seven weeks. June 6, 2023 Tr. 4:8-20. Discovery is extensive and involves classified information.\nSee ECF No. 30 at 2 n.2. The Government has exercised due diligence in producing discovery, and,\nas of June 6, 2023, has produced approximately ten terabytes of data, or approximately two million\npages of documents, and extracted and produced thirty-seven electronic devices. June 6, 2023 Tr.\n2:24–3:3. The Government is still in the process of extracting and producing electronic devices,\nwhich will take approximately eight weeks. Id. 3:3-11. The Government’s investigation is ongoing,\nand it is producing additional materials on a rolling basis. Id. 3:12-15. Discovery includes various\nvideos, Excel files, and complex financial records in both Mandarin and English. See ECF No. 80 at\n1. Further, by December 15, 2023, the Government shall file a motion under the Classified\nInformation Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. App. 3 § 4, on the basis of which the Court shall determine\nwhether specific classified information may be deleted from documents produced to Defendants.\nJune 6, 2023 Tr. 4:22-25. Therefore, this case is complex under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii) and\nexclusion of time is appropriate to ensure sufficient time for adequate preparation. See United States\nv. DiTommaso, 817 F.2d 201, 210 (2d Cir. 1987) (finding that a multi-defendant, international money\nlaundering case involving extensive discovery in a foreign language and witnesses in various\ncountries was complex under § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)); see also United States v. Bursey, 801 Fed. App’x\n1, 2–3 (2d Cir. 2020) (summary order) (finding that time was properly excluded where the parties\nneeded time to file motions and to review voluminous discovery).\nDue to the complexity of this case, the voluminous discovery involved, and the need for\nsufficient time to prepare and file pretrial motions,1 June 6, 2023 Tr. 5:2-20, 7:2-3, the Court\ndetermined that exclusion of time from June 6, 2023, to April 8, 2024, would serve the ends of justice,\nand that the ends of justice served outweighed the interests of the public and Defendants in a speedy\ntrial.\nSO ORDERED.\nDated: June 29, 2023\nNew York, New York\n1 This order amends the order entered on June 26, 2023, ECF No. 93, to delete the following language: “defense counsel\nrequested a trial date in early April 2024.” See ECF No. 96.\n2","body_zh":"USDC SDNY（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）\nUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT（美国联邦地区法院）\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK（纽约南区）\n电子归档文件\n文件编号：__________________\n归档日期：_6/29/2023_____\n\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA（美利坚合众国）\n诉\n23 Cr. 118 (AT)\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）及 YANPING WANG（王雁平），\n被告。\n\n修改后裁定\n\nANALISA TORRES（阿娜丽莎·托雷斯），地区法官：\n\n2023年6月6日，本院就本案举行了诉讼进展会议。案卷记录 6/6/2023。除其他事项外，本院确定了2024年4月8日的审判日期，并根据《Speedy Trial Act（快速审判法）》第 18 U.S.C. § 3161 条，排除了2023年6月6日至2024年4月8日期间的时间。2023年6月6日庭审记录 4:18, 8:12-18, ECF No. 88。\n\n《快速审判法》规定，如果法院认定“所服务之司法公正目的……超过了公众及被告在快速审判方面的最大利益”，则可以排除时间。18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A)。法院必须“在案件记录中以口头或书面形式阐明其认定所服务之司法公正目的……超过公众及被告在快速审判方面的最大利益的理由”。同上。法院必须（除其他事项外）考虑案件的复杂性是否使得“在《快速审判法》规定的时间限制内合理预期为审前程序或审判本身做好充分准备是不切实际的”，18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)，以及未予排除时间是否“将剥夺被告律师或政府律师进行有效准备所必需的合理时间”，18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv)。\n\n在2023年6月6日的会议上，政府提出排除时间的动议，因为各方需要时间审查证据开示材料、准备并提交动议、准备审判以及讨论可能的审前解决途径。2023年6月6日庭审记录 7:20-24。被告反对排除时间。同上，8:10-11。本院考量了所有相关因素，并在记录中陈述“排除[2023年6月6日至2024年4月8日之间的]时间所服务之司法公正目的，超过了公众及被告在快速审判方面的利益，因为这将为控方完成提供证据开示、辩方审阅该材料、提交动议以及各方讨论可能的案件处置留出时间。”同上，8:12-18。\n\n本院认定，本案的复杂性使得“在《快速审判法》规定的时间限制内合理预期为审前程序或审判本身做好充分准备是不切实际的”。18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)。此外，根据 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(iv)，排除时间是具有正当理由的，因为未予排除时间将剥夺各方“进行有效准备所必需的合理时间”。\n\n本案涉及针对三名被告的十二项罪名，其中一名被告仍在大逃。参见《Superseding Indictment（一份替代起诉书）》，ECF No. 19。起诉书指控在约五年的时间内存在多起相互关联的欺诈计划，涉及在数个国家使用约500个银行账户以及至少八十个实体或个人。同上，¶¶ 1–3。本案涉及数千名受害者。参见 ECF No. 10 第4页。各方已表示审判将长达七周。2023年6月6日庭审记录 4:8-20。证据开示范围广泛且涉及机密信息。参见 ECF No. 30 第2页注2。政府在提供证据开示方面尽到了应有的审慎义务，截至2023年6月6日，已提供约10太字节（TB）的数据（即约两百万页的文件），并提取并提供了三十七台电子设备的数据。2023年6月6日庭审记录 2:24–3:3。政府仍在进行电子设备的数据提取和提供工作，这将需要大约八周时间。同上，3:3-11。政府的调查仍在进行中，并正在滚动式提供补充材料。同上，3:12-15。证据开示包括各种视频、Excel文件以及中文普通话和英文的复杂财务记录。参见 ECF No. 80 第1页。此外，在2023年12月15日之前，政府应根据《Classified Information Procedures Act（机密信息程序法）》第 18 U.S.C. App. 3 § 4 条提交动议，本院将据此裁定是否可以从向被告提供的文件中删除特定的机密信息。2023年6月6日庭审记录 4:22-25。因此，根据 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii)，本案属于复杂案件，且排除时间是适当的，以确保有足够的时间进行充分准备。参见 United States v. DiTommaso 案，817 F.2d 201, 210 (2d Cir. 1987)（认定一起涉及多名被告、外语证据开示广泛且证人分布于多国的国际洗钱案件，根据 § 3161(h)(7)(B)(ii) 属于复杂案件）；另见 United States v. Bursey 案，801 Fed. App’x 1, 2–3 (2d Cir. 2020)（简要裁定）（认定在各方需要时间提交动议及审阅大量证据开示材料的情况下，排除时间是适当的）。\n\n鉴于本案的复杂性、涉及的大量证据开示材料，以及需要充足的时间来准备和提交审前动议，¹ 2023年6月6日庭审记录 5:2-20, 7:2-3，本院裁定排除2023年6月6日至2024年4月8日的时间符合司法公正目的，且所服务之司法公正目的超过了公众及被告在快速审判方面的利益。\n\n特此裁定。\n\n日期：2023年6月29日\n纽约州纽约市\n\n¹ 本裁定修改了2023年6月26日录入的裁定（ECF No. 93），以删除以下表述：“辩方律师请求将审判日期定于2024年4月初。”参见 ECF No. 96。","key_entities":[],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":895,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-06-29 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-06-29","updated_at":"2026-08-23 07:12:25"}