by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 14 – A defendant arrested a year ago as a felon in possession of a firearm, after a police stop in the Bronx, was up for sentencing on January 14 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Amit Subramanian. Inner City Press was there.
Back in July, Judge Subramanian docketed an order that the two sides should confer for at least 30 minutes on whether, given the defendant's employment and conduct while awaiting trial, "continued prosecution of this case is warranted."
The US Attorney's Office wrote in asking for reconsideration, which Judge Subramanian said he found puzzling.
On January 14 defense counsel said he is aware of the Office's position on deferred prosecutions and did not think he could get one. He asked for 15 months of home detention - allowing work and other activities outside of the home - rather than the 15 months in prison the prosecutors asked for.
The defendant's mother and sister spoke; it was explained that the defendant now works servicing private planes in an airport for such planes in New Jersey (the airport used in the past by Jeffrey Epstein, among others).
The front table floated the idea of intermittent incarceration, that is, a halfway house, an option employed by such SDNY Judges as Jed S. Rakoff. Defense counsel said these are in his experience places with bad influences.
Ultimately, after a break, the sentence was 15 months of home detention and 50 hours of community service per year, with the judge saying supervised release will be under "the watchful eye of me." The family laughed, the tension broken.
The case is USA v. Sprolling, 1:24-cr-147 (Subramanian)
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