charged Stephens with conspiring to commit those robberies and the thwarted robbery of the Bank One on December 21, 1998. Stephens made his initial appearance before a magistrate judge ("MJ") on October 27, 2000. The MJ subsequently held a detention hearing, where, after hearing testimony from Stephens, the MJ found that Stephens presented a flight risk and a danger to the community and ordered him detained pending trial.


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On November 15, 2000, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Stephens and Turner, charging them with one count of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, one count of armed bank robbery in connection with the July 1, 1998 robbery, and one count of using a firearm during that robbery.2 Two weeks later, on November 29, 2000, Stephens filed pro seto three counts in the indictment pursuant to a written plea agreement. The district court accepted Turner's guilty plea and referred his case to the probation department for preparation of a presentence investigation report; however, the court deferred acceptance of the plea agreement until Turner's sentencing, which was subsequently set for August 16, 2002.4 One week later, the district court set Stephens's case for a jury trial on July 22, 2002. On May 30, 2002, however, the government filed a superseding indictment against Stephens alone. The superseding indictment added several counts to the charges already pending against Stephens, including two counts of bank robbery and two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence in connection with the August 14, 1998 and October 16, 1998 robberies.


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Thereafter,