| Skyfield
Wants Speedy
Trial on Bronx
Ammo Charge
Now Gets CJA
and Dec 19
Motion Date
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 16 – Tyriek Skyfield was
arrested and charged with
being a felon in possession of
ammo, after a shooting in The
Bronx. He has demanded a
Speedy Trial.
On November 9,
2023 he appeared before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lewis J. Liman for a
change of counsel. Inner City
Press was there.
The first
counsel said he would be
unable to represent Skyfield
in any trial in the 70 days of
the Speedy Trial Act.
The day's
CJA lawyer said the
same. Judge Liman
said his deputy will try to
find a CJA lawyer who can, and
set a January 16, 2024 trial
date.
After first
appearing to say that the AUSA
requested "wiggle room" was no
ground to exclude time, he
nevertheless excluded time for
a week, to find another
lawyer.
To some,
it might appear that fights
under the Speedy Trial Act are
contingent on being able to
pay for counsel.
The
complaint has photos depicting
Skyfield at the shooting, then
entering a Bronx strip club
wearing what the AUSA said was
a distinctive graphic T-shirt.
On November 13
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in to request more time
produce the search warrant
materials. They were due on
November 13 but the request
cites the lack of new counsel
until November 15.
On November 16,
Skyfield got new CJA counsel:
"The Court appoints CJA
attorney Richard Palma as
counsel for Defendant. The
Government is to make its
motion for a protective order
by 1:00PM on November 17, 2023
and indicate whether it is
opposed or unopposed. The
Court amends the pretrial
motion scheduled as follows:
Defendant's pretrial motions
due by December 8, 2023.
Government's response due by
December 15, 2023. Defendant's
reply due by 5:00PM on
December 17, 2023. A Motion
Hearing is scheduled for
December 19, 2023 at 12:00PM."
The case is
US v. Skyfield, 23-cr-569
(Liman)
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