| Smith Charged With Robbing
Bronx Barber Also Has Asthma And Bail Hearing
Before SDNY Judge Rakoff
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 3 – Michael Smith was
arrested on February 6 on
charged of robbing a Bronx
barbershop on New Years Eve.
He has been in the
Metropolitan Correctional
Center since.
Now amid the
Coronavirus pandemic he has
been identified as an at-risk
inmate, due to asthma, and on
April 3 his request for
release was heard by U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jed S. Rakoff.
Judge
Rakoff said this was his eight
bail hearing since the
Coronavirus problem arose.
Inner City Press, the only
media to cover this one, has
previous noted Judge Rakoff's
amenability to releasing
defendant said to be flight
risks, but not dangers to the
community.
Here, with the
armed robbery charge, Judge
Rakoff said he could either
deny the application or allow
time for more argument, this
coming Wednesday after what he
called an all day hearing on
Tuesday.
Smith's
lawyer said of course he would
rather live to fight another
day. The case is US v. Smith,
20-cr-153 (Rakoff).
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