| With Cotto Set For Trial
July 12 US Says Previous Drugs In, Conditions
of Detention Out
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 30 – Ervin Ortiz was
arrested as part of a
multi-defendant narcotics
conspiracy.
On May 20, U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jed S. Rakoff held his
sentencing. Inner City Press
covered it, below.
Now with
co-defendant Eddie Cotto
heading toward trial, on June
30 the US Attorney's Office
filed its motions in limine,
arguing that evidence of
Cotto's previous drug offenses
should come in, but his
conditions of pre-trial
detention should not. We'll
see - the trial , according to
the May 14 docket entry, is
set for July 12.
On May 20 Judge
Rakoff said that while Ortiz
had not met his
responsibilities, neither had
society met its
responsibilities to Ortiz.
He said Ortiz'
crimes were not violent, and
all sprang from addiction that
was never treated. He said if
he had his druthers, some of
these drugs would be
legalized.
The sentence was
66 months. It is a
sentencing the transcript of
which is worth reading.
The case is US v.
Cotto, et al., 18-cr-413
(Rakoff)
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