10 Charged With Kidnapping
Bronx Minor Ask for Co Defendant
Meeting May 14 in SDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 15 – Ten defendants are
charged with conspiracy to
kidnap a minor, following a
robbery of a marijuana
business in The
Bronx. On March 27
they appeared, most of them in
custody, before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Chief
Judge Laura Taylor Swain.
Inner City Press was
there.
The
Assistant US Attorney said
that some of the phones have
yet to be "cracked" for
purposes of discovery. A next
conference was set for June 18
at 2:30 pm.
One defense
lawyer said there is an
interest in a co-defendants'
meeting, but that he doubted
MDC-Brooklyn would agree to
host it. Chief Judge Swain
asked the Marshals if it would
be possible in the courthouse.
By
the proceeding's end, she was
told that the Marshals could
try to arrange it, if given
advance notice.
On April 15
counsel wrote in that "an
overwhelming majority" of the
defense lawyers "not only want
this co-defendant meeting but
feel it is instrumental... May
14, an hour or two should be
enough."
The case is
US v. Castillo, et al.,
23-cr-279 (Swain)
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