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Bronx Crack Seller With Life Sentence Asks For Re Sentencing From SDNY Judge Rakoff

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 28 –       Luis Jiminez was given a life sentence for selling over a kilo of crack in the Bronx in the 1990s.

 On April 28 amid the Coronavirus pandemic he applied for resentencing under the First Step Act, in a proceeding before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff that Inner City Press covered.

    Jiminez' pro bono lawyer told Judge Rakoff, You should only rely on the 1.5 kilos in the indictment.

    Judge Rakoff quickly replied, But he said under oath that his Drug Trafficking Organization sold 15 kilos.

    Assistant US Attorney Mary Christine Slavik said that her Office "has not yet retrieved the entire file in this matter."     Judge Rakoff asked for letters in the next few days, after the oral argument.

    AUSA Christy Slavik jumped in to say that Mr. Jiminez is a citizen of the Dominican Republic, adding that she will supplement that in her letter.

    Judge Rakoff mused, Probably no detainer was lodged since he got a life sentence. Then he returned to the practical, saying that normally sentences are done orally, because defendant present. So in this case  I can issue an order and an amended judgment. Letter by close of business Thursday. I'll issue my order next week. The case is US v. Jiminez, 92-cr-550 (Rakoff). 

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