| After 1
Defendant Got
Return of
$10000
Retainer 2d
Gets Motion
Time But Trial
Oct 10
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 16– Kareen
Shepherd was
charged with
access device
fraud in a
scheme
involving a
website called
LuxurySnob. He
retained a
Court Street
lawyer and
paid $10,000.
Then they had
a
disagreement.
A lawyer who
had worked on
his discovery
left, but the
Court Street
lawyer didn't
want to return
the $10,000
retainer after
Shepherd was
appointed a
Criminal
Justice Act
lawyer.
On August 16,
2023 U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Paul G.
Gardephe
convened a
hearing about
the $10,000
retainer.
Inner City
Press was
there, the
only media in
the
courtroom.
Just
before Judge
Gardephe took
the bench, the
dispute
between
detained
inmate and
former lawyer
was resolved.
The
lawyer
recounted
offering a
$1000 refund
then a $3000
refund, both
of which he
said were
rejected.
While Shepherd
confirmed it
was
subsequently
resolved, the
terms weren't
put on the
record.
On
August 31, new
counsel for
co-defendant
Rashaan
Richards wrote
it asking for
more time "to
determine if
there are any
'real
defenses' for
my client or
whether he
should accept
a plea offer."
On
September 1,
Judge Gardephe
wrote on the
letter, to the
degree that
defense
counsel seeks
an adjournment
of the October
10, 2023 trial
date, [it] is
denied." He
moved the
motion
deadline to
September 25.
The
case is US v.
Shepherd,
22-cr-514
(Gardephe)
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