| Jamel Elliott Was Stabbed In
Head In Jail Gets Year and a Day in SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 27 – Jamel Elliott was up
on Violations of Supervised
Release on June 2 before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Katherine Polk Failla.
Inner City Press covered it
live.
Judge Failla
asked, Do you consent to
proceed this way? He says, No.
But his lawyer says he means
Yes. Judge proceeds "in baby
steps."
Judge Failla
says, There's been nothing in
this matter since January.
Then (Jan 3), Elliott said,
"Good morning, Ms. How are
you?"
Judge
Failla said, "It is judge, and
I'm going fine." Today, he
proposes to admit to 5
specifications and be
sentenced, all
today.
These
charges include throwing a
food tray at a police officer
in Kings County Hospital back
in September 2019,
"obstruction of government
administration." Oh, and
marijuana (Specification
17).
AUSA Rehn
says the sentencing guideline
is 8 to 14 months and urges
toward top of that range.
Defense attorney
says Elliott has been in
custody for 6 months, since
December; he seems to urge
time served.
Elliott
speaks for himself, says he
got stabbed in the head, and
on his face. "Everything is
bad. I was under medication.
My uncle passed away, dealing
with the Corona. It's been
hard on me. It hurts. I'm in
jail again. I ask you for
another chance."
Judge
Failla: I think this is a case
appropriate to have a sentence
at the higher end of the
guidelines.
But I'll lower it
due to Coronavirus, and to him
being assaulted for not being
a gang member. So, a year and
a day, then 3 years of
Supervised Release
Elliott
asks, for himself: Don't I get
credit for the past six
months?
Judge
Failla: You do. And I chose a
year and a day so you can get
"good time" credit, if
appropriate. So it would be 10
and a half months, minus six,
it's four months.
This case is US
v. Elliott, 17-cr-118
(Failla).
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