| Angel
Gomez Refused
CJA in SDNY
Mag Court and
Pled Guilty
Asks EDNY
Concurrent
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 14 รข€“ Angel
Gomez did not
want the free
lawyer
assigned to
him when he
was brought
into the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York
Magistrates
Court on June
21 on drug and
guns charges.
Inner
City Press was
there, the
only media in
the SDNY Mag
Court.
The Criminal
Justice Act
lawyer on duty
informed
Magistrate
Judge Sarah
Netburn that
Gomez had
declined to
speak with
him, and had
returned his
business card
to him.
Gomez said he
wants to hire
a private
attorney
through his
mother or
sister. But
his mother was
on a flight,
he said, and
his sister
recuperating
from a medical
procedure. Gomez
apparently
declined to
speak with
Pre-Trial
Services.
Judge Netburn
said she had
no information
about him, to
make a bail
determination.
Judge Netburn
said he would
be detained,
but should be
produced in
the Mag Court
in a week's
time. Before
then, he was
indicted and
his case
assigned to
new District
Judge Jessica
G. L. Clarke.
On July 11,
when appointed
defense
counsel said
he would apply
for bail,
Judge Clark
"referred any
such
application to
the
Magistrates
Court." Inner
City Press
looked in on
the proceeding
but did not
yet write it.
Next it headed
to Magistrate
Judge Stewart
D. Aaron on
July 18. In
advance, the
prosecutors
submitted a
memo to Judge
Aaron with
photos of a
person they
said was Angel
Gomez, with
distinctive
sneakers and a
gun. On
July 18, Judge
Aaron denied
bail. Inner
City Press was
there, thread
Note: Angel
Gomez has a
number of
family members
and supporters
in the
gallery, one
of whom
shouted out,
Love you, as
he was being
led back into
the holding
cell. Jump
cut to March
6, 2024, when
Angel Gomez
pleaded
guilty:
"Change of
Plea Hearing
as to Angel
Gomez held on
3/6/2024.
The defendant
enters a plea
of GUILTY to
Count Three of
the
Indictment.
Plea accepted.
PSR ordered.
Sentencing set
for June 21,
2024 at 10:00
am Jump
to February 21
when Judge
Clarke
docketed that
defendant
"requested
that the Court
adjourn
sentencing in
this matter
until after
Mr. Gomez
receives a
sentence in
the Eastern
District." Jump
cut again to
October 14,
2026 when
defense
counsel wrote
in asking for
12 months,
concurrent
with on EDNY
sentence,
alongside
another 84
sentence there
for
brandishing a
firearm. SDNY
sentencing is
set for
October 28. The
case is US v.
Gomez,
23-cr-311
(Clarke)
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Angel Gomez Refused CJA in SDNY Mag Court and Pled Guilty Asks EDNY Concurrent
