| Angel
Gomez Refused
Free Lawyer in
SDNY
Then Pled
Guilty Now
Sine Die
Pending EDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 3 – Angel
Gomez did not
want the free
lawyer
assigned to
him when he
was brought
into the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York
Magistrates
Court on June
21 on drug and
guns charges.
Inner
City Press was
there, the
only media in
the SDNY Mag
Court.
The Criminal
Justice Act
lawyer on duty
informed
Magistrate
Judge Sarah
Netburn that
Gomez had
declined to
speak with
him, and had
returned his
business card
to him.
Gomez said he
wants to hire
a private
attorney
through his
mother or
sister. But
his mother was
on a flight,
he said, and
his sister
recuperating
from a medical
procedure.
Gomez
apparently
declined to
speak with
Pre-Trial
Services.
Judge Netburn
said she had
no information
about him, to
make a bail
determination.
Judge Netburn
said he would
be detained,
but should be
produced in
the Mag Court
in a week's
time.
Before
then, he was
indicted and
his case
assigned to
new District
Judge Jessica
G. L. Clarke.
On July 11,
when appointed
defense
counsel said
he would apply
for bail,
Judge Clark
"referred any
such
application to
the
Magistrates
Court." Inner
City Press
looked in on
the proceeding
but did not
yet write it.
Next it headed
to Magistrate
Judge Stewart
D. Aaron on
July 18. In
advance, the
prosecutors
submitted a
memo to Judge
Aaron with
photos of a
person they
said was Angel
Gomez, with
distinctive
sneakers and a
gun.
On
July 18, Judge
Aaron denied
bail. Inner
City Press was
there, thread
Note: Angel
Gomez has a
number of
family members
and supporters
in the
gallery, one
of whom
shouted out,
Love you, as
he was being
led back into
the holding
cell.
Jump
cut to March
6, 2024, when
Angel Gomez
pleaded
guilty:
"Change of
Plea Hearing
as to Angel
Gomez held on
3/6/2024.
The defendant
enters a plea
of GUILTY to
Count Three of
the
Indictment.
Plea accepted.
PSR ordered.
Sentencing set
for June 21,
2024 at 10:00
am
On
June 3 it was
adjourned sine
die: "I was
appointed as
substitute
counsel in
September
after Mr.
Gomez
expressed
concerns with
prior counsel,
including to
assist Mr.
Gomez in
considering
whether to
move to
withdraw his
guilty plea.
Mr. Gomez had
also been
facing
separate but
related
charges in a
criminal
matter in the
Eastern
District of
New York. See
U.S. v. Gomez,
No.
23-cr-269-FB-2,
(EDNY Sept.
16, 2023)....
For these
reasons, I
respectfully
request that
the Court
grant a sine
die
adjournment of
Mr. Gomez's
sentencing in
this matter,
with the
understanding
that the
parties will
update the
Court when a
sentencing
date is set
for the
Eastern
District
matter.
ENDORSEMENT:
Application
GRANTED. The
sentencing as
to Angel
Gomez,
previously
scheduled for
June 30, 2025,
is ADJOURNED
sine die. The
parties are
directed to
update the
Court once a
sentencing
date is set
for Mr.
Gomez's EDNY
matter."
The
case is USA v.
Gomez,
1:23-cr-311
(Clarke)
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