| Defendant
Who Wrote
Judge Rakoff
About 2d
Amendment Has
Suppression
Hearing in
SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 30 –
A
defendant on
home
confinement
awaiting trial
on drug
charges sought
to modify his
conditions to
a curfew, and
have his ankle
monitor
removed.
On February
15, 2023 U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Jed S. Rakoff
held a bond
hearing. Inner
City Press
went and
covered it.
The defendant
had written a
three and a
half page
letter to
"Mister
Rakoff,"
saying that he
was ignoring
his oath and
not upholding
the Second
Amendment
right to bear
arms.
Judge
Rakoff read
from the
letter, and
mused if it
might be bear
on the factors
on bond.
The
Federal
Defender said
it was covered
by the First
Amendment, and
that the ankle
monitor was an
irritant.
Judge
Rakoff,
remarking that
life can be an
irritant
sometimes,
nevertheless
directed the
parties to
draft a new
bond order,
with a curfew,
albeit in the
early evening.
He
said, It is my
job to apply
the law, it
does not
matter to me
if a defendant
hates or loves
me. Then,
deftly,
Valentine's
Day was
mentioned.
On
May 30, a
suppression
hearing was
held. Inner
City Press was
there.
Threadette here:
Now
Federal
Defender cross
examines
Officer Smalls
about
his
testimony in
People v
Adams. Judges
doubts
relevance.
Defense tries
again... In
Adams, gun was
suppressed -
before Smalls
told grand
jury in this
case that he
saw a bulge
Judge:
Would a
heavy-looking
bag be enough?
AUSA: Yes. The
caller
identifed the
defendant as
her friend.
Judge:
Former friend.
I can't
believe the
Supreme Court
decided the Bruen
case the way
it did. But I
am bound by it
Judge Rakoff
said he - and
not ChatGPT -
would read the
cases, review
and video and
give at least
a bottom line
ruling in 10
days, given
the August
trial date.
The case is US
v. Perez,
22-cr-644
(Rakoff)
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