by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
100 CENTRE STREET, Dec 3 – On the afternoon of December 3, after handing a request to unseal Luigi Mangione exhibits to a clerk of NYS Justice Gregory Carro, Inner City Press remained in his courtroom to the end of the day, awaiting action on the letter.
It came, such as it was, at the end. But before that, a second wave of crimes and stories and tragedies and whispered sidebars and vows to fire a new and fourth lawyer. We'll continue with these, with more, we hope, to follow.
There was a defendant, like another, charged with first degree murder and fleeing with a mask on. The ADA mentioned lab reports and a getaway vehicle, apparently a car and not a bike. They were offering Murder 2, 20 years to life.
"He's charged with Murder 1," the ADA pointed out. The defendant was remanded, no multi-day suppression hearing mentioned.
A series of robberies, from West 134th Street down to 176 Spring Street in Soho, resulted in another offer: three to six years. This defendant took the plea, and will be back for sentencing on January 14, Justice Carro said.
There was a woman brought out of the holding cell twice, vowing each time to fire her lawyer. The first time, Justice Carro told her, You have a good lawyer.
She replied, I don't feel I do.
She is charged with attempted murder. OK, Justice Carro said, I will appoint you another lawyer later today. But that will be the last one.
We'll see about that, the defendant said, as they led her back into the holding cell.
Near the end of the day, the new 18B assigned counsel was at defense table when her new client came out. I'll fire her too, the defendant said, if she doesn't do what I say.
That's not how this works, Justice Carro replied. We'll see.
More, including comparison to Justice Carro's current main case, on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
***
Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron.
Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com
