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by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 23 – In a multi-defendant Bronx gang case,
the language of the proposed protective order
has given rise to a dispute with briefing to
come.
On
March 23, 2023 U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York Judge Lewis J.
Liman arraigned three of the defendants. Inner
City Press went and covered it.
All
three pleaded not guilty. One defense lawyer
disputed including in the protective order a
line about witnesses being under threat.
Judge
Liman pointed out that in bail proceedings,
Magistrate Judge often make such findings. He
directed counsel to a recent decision of his on
protective order, which he said should be on
Westlaw.
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, March 13 – Bronxite Virginia Stover
was in the Target story on West 225th Street on
December 15, 2021 when she says she was
assaulted by "a Hispanic male, allegedly off
duty law enforcement," while five Target
personnel looked on. She sued.
On March 13, 2023 U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge
Jennifer E. Willis held a proceeding. Inner City
Press covered it.
Target's lawyer pointed said they have a video
of the incident which they would like Magistrate
Judge Willis to watch.
She
replied that she has no motion pending before
her. Instead, she approved the case management
plan, with a provision that all discovery must
be completed "prior to settlement being
discussed."
The case is Stover v. Target Corporation et al., 22-cv-6970 (Koeltl / Willis)
***
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, March 11 – Joseph
Sanders
charged with
the armed
robbery of a
tax
preparation
business on
183rd Street
and Grand
Avenue in The
Bronx on
November 2,
2022.
On March 6,
2023 U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York
Judge
Katherine Polk
Failla held a
proceeding.
Inner City
Press went and
covered it.
The complaint
has numerous
photographs
including of
the Getaway
Vehicle with
distinctive
damage to its
back corner
panel,
including
"tape lining
and holding
the panel."
The
is a photo of
the car's
license plate,
KRR 7852 -
registered to
Sanders. There
is also the
defendant, in
a New York
Yankees cap -
and a dread
locks
wig.
Sanders,
in detention,
was brought in
by US
Marshals.
His
Federal
Defender asked
for a month;
Judge Failla
set the next
proceeding for
April 4 at
2:30 pm.
The case is USA v. Sanders, 22-cr-697 (Failla)
***
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, Feb 27 – Michael
Paschal is
charged with
sex
trafficking a
17 year old
girl from
North Carolina
to Brady
Avenue in The
Bronx.
He
was arrested,
and got a
white shoe law
firm as his
Criminal
Justice Act
counsel.
On
February 27,
2023 U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Vernon S.
Broderick has
a suppression
hearing
scheduled.
Inner City
Press is
covering the
case.
On
February 24,
the US
Attorney's
Office filed
to allow
"Officer-1" to
testify by
deposition.
The
US says
Officer-1 will
"soon be
taking a leave
of absence" -
followed by a
redaction.
They says
Officer-1
heard the
defendant say
he thought the
law
enforcement
search and
rescue to
recover a sex
trafficking
victim was
ridiculous
because the
victim was
turning 18
soon.
Trial
is scheduled
for May 1,
2023; the US
says Officer-1
may not have
even cell
phone access
at that time.
On
February 27,
Inner City
Press attended
the
proceeding.
The officer
was in the
plexiglass
witness box
used during
the Sayfullo
Saipov death
penalty trial.
Paschal's
Covington
defense
lawyer, under
the CJA,
grilled the
officer why he
hadn't written
down what he
claims Paschal
said. On
re-cross, he
asked about
his
unavailability
- with whom
would he be
working in
Urkaine?
"An NGO," was
the answer.
With a 23
hours train
ride from
Poland to the
capital, and
more time to
wherever he is
deployed.
The
case is US v.
Paschal,
21-cr-331
(Broderick)
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, Feb 17 – Derrick
Parsons got
out of jail in
June 2022 but
felt immediate
danger to
himself and
his mother.
His brother
Davin has
testified as a
cooperating
witness in a
murder and
racketeering
case.
Derrick
Parsons got a
gun, and got
arrested.
On February
17, 2023 U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Jed S. Rakoff
held his
sentencing.
Inner City
Press went and
covered it, as
one of only
two people in
the courtroom
gallery. The
other was
Derrick's
mother.
Derrick
Parsons,
speaking for
himself, said
that when he
got out he
checked in
with Probation
within the
required 72
hours and
asked them to
relocate him
and his
months. He was
told, That
will take
time.
That's
why he got a
gun, he said.
Judge Rakoff
said the best
defense was
the one
asserted by
the defendent
himself. He
imposed a
sentence of 24
months, with
two years of
supervised
release to
follow with
the search
condition.
Derrick
Parson's
lawyer asked
that he not be
placed near
New York but
rather Memphis
and/or Atlanta
- and not
after the hard
jail time to
any halfway
house, but to
home
detention.
The
case is US v.
Parsons,
22-cr-516
(Rakoff)
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, Feb 17– Melissa
Samuels was
working as a
teacher at a
charter school
in The Bronx,
Urban
Assembly, when
a hardball
thrown by a
student hit
her in the
head, injuring
her.
She had a
concussion
which
"impacted her
ability to
care for
herself."
She
said the
school and its
founder David
Noah told her
not to report
it to the
police,
"asking if she
really wanted
to get a kid
involved with
the criminal
justice
system."
When the
police report
was filed,
Samuels was
cut off from
the school's
email system,
allegedly so
she wouldn't
share student
information.
Noah
emailed
Samuels that
"you were not
assaulted.
[Student]
accidentally
hit you with a
nerf ball
while he was
throwing it at
[Student] in a
raucous
classroom."
Then she was
fired. She
sued.
The
complaint,
filed in the
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York on
February 17
when Inner
City Press
found it in
the dockets,
asserts a
dozen causes
of action.
Perhaps
ironic, Noah
is a Yale Law
School
graduate who
previously
"advised
clients on
employment and
labor
compliance
matters."
The case is Samuels v. The Urban Assembly, Inc., et al, 23-cv-1379 (Unassigned)
***
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, Feb 8 – George
Marcial,
having been
convicted of a
felony in
2016, was
arrested in
July 3, 2021
after his wife
Ms. Sosa,
believe he had
stolen money
from her purse
and also
charging
domestic
violence, led
police on a
search of
their
apartment in
The Bronx.
A gun and
ammunition
were found,
and Marcial is
now on trial
as a felon in
possession.
After
jury selection
on February 6,
the trial and
witnesses
began on
February 7
before U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Analisa
Torres. Inner
City Press was
there.
The
Assistant US
Attorney was
questioning
the law
enforcement
officer who
had searched
Marcial's and
Sosa's
apartment. On
the screen was
video of the
apartment, in
disarray, then
audio of Ms.
Sosa speaking.
She
said yes there
might be
syringes in
the rubble,
"he is a drug
addict."
Judge
Torres read a
limiting
instruction,
that this was
not offered
for the truth
of the matter
asserted but
only for Ms.
Sosa's state
of
mind.
On
February 8,
amid a flurry
of letters,
the Federal
Defenders
asked Judge
Torres to
"advise the
Government
that it may
not seek to
inflame the
passions of
the jurors"
with Sosa's
statements.
They opposed
any
instruction on
joint
possession at
2041 Watson
Avenue, Apt
#1B in The
Bronx, saying
that the
signed consent
form does not
change the
reality of the
relationship.
Judge Torres
also docketed
an order that
"The
Government is
precluded from
using the
specified
terms. The
Government
shall instead
use the term
"domestic
incident."
And, the Court
shall deliver
the following
limiting
instruction
when the
Wife's 911
call and the
Wife and
Daughter's
street corner
statements are
introduced
into evidence:
"You have
heard
recordings of
statements
that [the
Wife] made to
a 911
dispatcher and
statements
that [the
Wife] and her
daughter made
to responding
police
officers in
connection
with a
domestic
incident. Mr.
Marcial is
only charged
with
possession of
ammunition. He
is not charged
with any other
offense. It is
for you to
decide what
weight, if
any, to give
these
statements.
You may
consider the
statements
only for the
limited
purpose of
determining
whether Mr.
Marcial
knowingly
possessed
ammunition on
July 3,
2021.:Defendants
motion is
GRANTED. The
Government is
precluded from
using
thespecified
terms. The
Government
shall instead
use the term
domestic
incident. And,
the Courtshall
deliver the
following
limiting
instruction
when the Wifes
911 call and
the Wife
andDaughters
street corner
statements are
introduced
into evidence:
You have heard
recordings
ofstatements
that [the
Wife] made to
a 911
dispatcher and
statements
that [the
Wife] and
herdaughter
made to
responding
police
officers in
connection
with a
domestic
incident. Mr.
Marcialis only
charged with
possession of
ammunition. He
is not charged
with any other
offense. It
isfor you to
decide what
weight, if
any, to give
these
statements.
You may
consider the
statementsonly
for the
limited
purpose of
determining
whether Mr.
Marcial
knowingly
possessed
ammunition on
July 3, 2021."
The case is US v. Marcial, 22-cr-208 (Torres)
***
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
SDNY
MAG COURT Exclusive, Feb 3 – The gun-point robbery
of a deli / bodega on East
180th Street in The Bronx
gave rise to a length bail
hearing on February 3, 2023
before U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Magistrate Judge
Jennifer E. Lewis.
Inner City
Press was there until the
7:30 pm end, when an order
to release the defendant
once he obtains the
signatures of three
co-signers on a $75,000
personal recognizance
bond.
NYPD Detective Matthew
Lombardo sat next to
Assistant US Attorney
Brandon Thompson, who began
by saying that release to
the apartment right across
180th Street, where the
defendant had been living,
would not be acceptable.
He
added that residence further
away might be acceptable to
the US Attorney's Office.
Beyond the robbery of the
180th Street store, which
was caught on video,
Thompson referred to
previous armed robberies
which the Bronx District
Attorney had charged and
then dismissed - due, he
said, to witnesses being too
afraid to testify.
Judge Willis said this
information could not be
relied on, and that on the
particular offense conduct
in the complaint, the
defendant could be released
but must stay at least ten
blocks away from the bodega.
More detail and analysis
on Substack here
***
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
Book
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SDNY
COURTROOM EXCLUSIVE, Jan 25 - In the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New
York on August 4, a detention or release
proceeding was held by Magistrate Judge
Katharine H. Parker on a defendant charged with
throwing a Molotov cocktail onto the front porch
of a house in The Bronx, and of being the driver
for a co-defendant who threw a Molotov cocktail
at a car.
The house-bomber, with a Federal Defender, was
released on $15,000 bond. The car-bomber, with
the day's Criminal Justice Act counsel, didn't
even ask for a bail hearing. At the end he was
led out asking, "So I'm staying in jail?" His
significant other in the gallery, where Inner
City Press was the only media as on the July 29
Azerbaijan AK-47 stalker of an Iranian dissident
(story here,
credited here).
On September 1, District Judge John P. Cronan
held arraignments and a status conference. Inner
City Press went and live tweeted it here:
Now
at arraignment of Molotov cocktail duo, both
sitting in jury box with US Marshals. Judge
Cronan mentions a Chowdhry civil case he has,
bandwidth sale.
Co-defendant
Mendez, incarcerated from Day 1, doesn't look
happy. COVID mask not covering nose. Pleads not
guilty as well.
Ukraine
Molotovs cited again. One placed under a dark
Acura in The Bronx on June 6, 2022. 2
supporters, on info and belief Bangladeshi or
South Asian, enter. Mendez' significant other
not here.
AUSA
Amanda Weingarten cites huge video tracking the
duo all over The Bronx. Federal Defender says
Chowdhry phone has exculpatory info on it. AUSA
says it was never seized.
Defendant
exchanging glances. Both in prison beige. Next
is Nov 2, 9:30 am. Adjourned.
Back
on August 24, the defendant who was released on
conditions including drug treatment was back for
a bail revocation, which it barely avoided.
Inner City Press was present and live tweeted here.
Here
is the blow by blow of the arson duo's first
proceeding, here.
On
January 19, 2023, it was docketed that Mendez
intends to plead guilty on January 25: "NOTICE
OF HEARING as to David Mendez: The change of
plea hearing for David Mendez is scheduled for
January 25, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. in Courtroom 12D
of 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007.
**Change of Plea Hearing set for 1/25/2023 at
03:30 PM before Judge John P. Cronan."
Inner
City Press went to the guilty plea on January
25. Mendez pleaded guilty, and the US Attorney's
Office unveiled an agreement to release him from
detention to Odyssey House and postpone
sentencing until October 31, 2023.
Then
they asked for the transcript and even
superceder to be sealed, because it seemed
Mendez might cooperate if Chowdhury goes to
trial in August. But the plea, and all that was
said, was in open court. Judge Cronan asked for
a status report in 60 days if it needs to be
kept sealed.
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
Book
SDNY
MAG COURT EXCLUSIVE, Jan 20 - In the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New
York on January 20, a detention or bond
proceeding was held by Magistrate Judge Barbara
C. Moses on a 34-year old man charged for a role
in two armed robberies, one on Christmas Eve
(with a shotgun) and the second on December 26.
The defendant, Francis Shane, said through his
Federal Defender that he is or was slated to
begin a job at Bronx Lebanon Hospital on
February 10. Judge Moses quizzed the Assistant
US Attorney if the jacket she said was in the
surveillance video and in Shane's home when he
was arrested was, while distinctive, not bespoke
or unique. (The Federal Defender said it could
be bought on Canal Street today, as a
knock-off).
It was said Shane's mother would sign a $50,000
bond, with a NYC Board of Education pension.
Other co-signers were identified by name, unlike
what FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried is demanding.
Judge
Moses thanked both sides for that advocacy and
said that the defendant would be detained. As
she wrote up a medical order - on the new form,
the USMS number is required - Shane said that
his mother is a Jehovah's Witness and that "I
finished the program."
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY
MAG COURT EXCLUSIVE, Jan 12 - In the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New
York on August 19, a bail review was held by
Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses on a
defendant, Boss Terrell, charged with playing a
role in a murder and being caught on video
shooting a gun a month later in The Bronx.
Inner City Press was there, the only media in
the Mag Court.
Terrell had two lawyers - it being a death
penalty eligible case, he has Learned Counsel -
and his parents in the gallery. His father was
wearing a New York Giants jersey with [Lawrence]
Taylor written on it. Defense counsel said he
worked for the Housing Authority until a
co-worked dropped a refrigerator back on him.
Judge Moses expressed sympathy for the
parents, but declined to grant bail, on both the
danger to the community and the risk of flight
prongs. Time was allowed for the defendant to
tell his year-old son to remember him. Then he
was gone.
Afterward Inner City Press gleened that while
the change of being released had been very low,
at least this way the defense got some
discovery, for example learning about the video
of the July 2020 incident.
Jump
cut to December 14, when co-defendants were
presented in the Magistrates Court, before Mag
Judge James L. Cott. For detention, a pawnshop
robbery in Queens, violence including murder and
the use of social media and hip hop music to
brag about it were cited. It was too much:
detention was ordered, at least pending the next
proceeding before Judge Furman.
The
next proceeding took place on December 20, in
larger courtroom 23B. Inner City Press was
there, as were a number of family members and
supporters. Judge Furman inquired into three
defendants missing - two in custody, one not in
custody - and into the need for another Learned
Counsel on this murder case. The next proceeding
was set for March 28 at 2:30 pm. More on Patreon
here.
On
January 12, another co-defendant was presented
and detained, on consent: "Minute Entry for
proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Robert
W. Lehrburger: Initial Appearance on disposition
sheet as to Isaiah Thomas held on 1/12/2023 BAIL
DISPOSITION: Detention on consent without
prejudice. Defendant arraigned and pleads not
guilty."
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY
COURTHOUSE, Jan 3 – Darrius Christopher and
Robert Wade were still on trial for a shoot-out
on October 25, 2019 by 2322 Ryer Avenue in The
Bronx. But it was at end game. And the issue of
"Theory of Defense."
On November 22, 2021 U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York Judge Sidney H.
Stein held opening statements, and on November
23 the presentation of evidence from government
witnesses. Inner City Press went and covered
both days. And now the (guilty) verdicts:
"Verdict reached as follows: defendant
Christopher guilty as to Counts 1 and 3,
defendant Wade guilty as to Counts 2 and 3.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 10, 2022, at
4:30 p.m. Any post-trial motions are due 45 days
from today, the government's response is due 15
days after the motion is filed. Defendants
remain in custody."
Jump
cut to January 3, 2023, when the US Attorney's
Office filed a letter that "on November 29, 2022
the defendants' shared cell [in the MDC[ was
searched and a significant amount of contraband
was recovered.... 183 small bags of a leafy
green substance that field tested positive for
marijuana... a 1.5 inch scalpel... eight cell
phones" - that won't be relied on at sentencing.
Watch this site.
Previously, Detective Hearns was cross examined
about Smith & Wesson .40 caliber and 9mm
luger shell casings.
Once
he and the jurors, who appeared to be paying
close attention, left there were lawyers'
arguments about out of court statements and an
upcoming Wade hearing with an SDNY Probation
officer.
The
government objected to one of the defense's
opening statements, that a Mr. Orellana would
testify about (non) membership in a gang. The
AUSA said Orellana's lawyer said he'll invoke
the Fifth Amendment, if called to testify.
How
do I know that? the defense counsel answered.
On
November 26, the day after Thanksgiving, the US
Attorney's Office filed a letter and three
exhibits with Judge Stein arguing that DEA
agents and NYPD detectives may not be called for
an improper purpose.
Attached
were defense counsel's November 22 letter
pursuant to Touhy v. Regan, 340 U.S. 462 (1951)
for the testimony of DA agents Moises Walter,
Joseph Tamweber and David Brown, and a chain of
emails contesting them. Also at issue: four NYPD
detectives.
The
US Attorney's Office cites Judge Alison J.
Nathan's decision in US v. Ghislaine Maxwell to
bar the defense from eliciting testimony about
the use or non-use of certain investigative
technique as it "does not tend to show
defendant's innocence of the charges."
And
while the Maxwell circus has made it more
difficult to cover, we offered this Friday night
report. Darius Christopher wants an instruction
that while he was present on 183 and Ryer, but
being a knowing spectator is not enough. And if
the instruction is not taken?
On
Monday, December 6 Judge Stein issued this:
"ORDER as to Darrius Christopher, Robert Wade.
Ulysses Boyd appeared at the trial of this
action on November 30 and December 2, 2021,
without the jury present and under oath. While
Boyd sat in the witness stand, the Court stated
as follows:...[*** See this Order ***]... The
Court imposed the coercive civil sanction of a
$5,000 fine and then asked Boyd whether he would
"still refuse to answer questions under oath."
(Trial Tr. 1183.) Boyd responded "Yes." (Id.)
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1.
Ulysses Boyd is a recalcitrant witness under 28
U.S.C. § 1826 and is in willful contempt of
court for his failure to comply with the
November 30, 2021 Court order that directed Boyd
to testify at this trial. 2. Ulysses Boyd shall
pay a coercive civil sanction of $5,000 due to
his continued civil contempt. That sanction, due
immediately, shall be made to: U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of New York
Attn: Cashiers Office, 500 Pearl Street, New
York, NY 10007. SO ORDERED: (Signed by Judge
Sidney H. Stein on 12/6/2021)."
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY
MAG COURT EXCLUSIVE, Oct 14 - In the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New
York on October 13, three detention or bond
proceedings were held by Magistrate Judge
Katharine H. Parker. Inner City Press was there,
the only media in the Mag Court.
Defendant Andy Mercado, arrested with two others
after a month's wire-tapping and observation of
a drug stash house on Loring Place South in The
Bronx, asked to be released on bond. His lawyer
said the "Andy" on the wire taps might not be
him. But his passport was found in the drug
filled room.
He was detained, as were Nelson Olivo and lead /
named defendant Joel Cosme Figueroa, who the
AUSA linked to fake oxy pills being left for a
customer called "stupid chick."
The
three were formally indicted on October 26. On
December 29, Mercado's lawyer filed a more
formal request for a conference to (re) argue
for bail, arguing that his client was out of the
country, was not a squatter but a repairman, and
listing the annual incomes of proposed
co-signers of a $500,000 bond.
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY
MAG COURT EXCLUSIVE, Dec 16 - In the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New
York on August 19, a bail review was held by
Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses on a
defendant, Boss Terrell, charged with playing a
role in a murder and being caught on video
shooting a gun a month later in The Bronx.
Inner City Press was there, the only media in
the Mag Court.
Terrell had two lawyers - it being a death
penalty eligible case, he has Learned Counsel -
and his parents in the gallery. His father was
wearing a New York Giants jersey with [Lawrence]
Taylor written on it. Defense counsel said he
worked for the Housing Authority until a
co-worked dropped a refrigerator back on him.
Judge Moses expressed sympathy for the
parents, but declined to grant bail, on both the
danger to the community and the risk of flight
prongs. Time was allowed for the defendant to
tell his year-old son to remember him. Then he
was gone.
Afterward Inner City Press gleened that while
the change of being released had been very low,
at least this way the defense got some
discovery, for example learning about the video
of the July 2020 incident.
Jump
cut to December 14, when co-defendants were
presented in the Magistrates Court, before Mag
Judge James L. Cott. For detention, a pawnshop
robbery in Queens, violence including murder and
the use of social media and hip hop music to
brag about it were cited. It was too much:
detention was ordered, at least pending the next
proceeding before Judge Furman.
The
next proceeding took place on December 20, in
larger courtroom 23B. Inner City Press was
there, as were a number of family members and
supporters. Judge Furman inquired into three
defendants missing - two in custody, one not in
custody - and into the need for another Learned
Counsel on this murder case. The next proceeding
was set for March 28 at 2:30 pm. More on Patreon
here.
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
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SDNY
MAG COURT EXCLUSIVE, Dec 14 - In the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New
York on August 19, a bail review was held by
Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses on a
defendant, Boss Terrell, charged with playing a
role in a murder and being caught on video
shooting a gun a month later in The Bronx.
Inner City Press was there, the only media in
the Mag Court.
Terrell had two lawyers - it being a death
penalty eligible case, he has Learned Counsel -
and his parents in the gallery. His father was
wearing a New York Giants jersey with [Lawrence]
Taylor written on it. Defense counsel said he
worked for the Housing Authority until a
co-worked dropped a refrigerator back on him.
Judge Moses expressed sympathy for the
parents, but declined to grant bail, on both the
danger to the community and the risk of flight
prongs. Time was allowed for the defendant to
tell his year-old son to remember him. Then he
was gone.
Afterward Inner City Press gleened that while
the change of being released had been very low,
at least this way the defense got some
discovery, for example learning about the video
of the July 2020 incident.
Jump
cut to December 14, when co-defendants were
presented in the Magistrates Court, before Mag
Judge James L. Cott. For detention, a pawnshop
robbery in Queens, violence including murder and
the use of social media and hip hop music to
brag about it were cited. It was too much:
detention was ordered, at least pending the next
proceeding before Judge Furman. Inner City Press
will stay on the case(s).
By
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
BBC -
Honduras
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