| Freeman
Facing Trial on Fraud Seeks Suppression
After Being Told to Advocate
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 18 – Celvin Freeman,
originally from Ghana, is
charged with a series of
frauds against individuals and
business. Now he wants to
suppress his statements to law
enforcement.
On August
17, U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Jed S. Rakoff held
an oral argument. Inner City
Press covered it.
Freeman's
lawyer noted that those who
interrogated him told him it
was up to him to advocate for
himself, and that whoever
cooperated first would get the
best deal.
The
Assistant US Attorney said the
"advocacy" language had been
about cutting the first deal,
not giving up the right to a
lawyer.
Judge Rakoff
committed to decising the
issue by September 15, with
the trial penciled in for
November 8 pending the SDNY
Committee.
The case is US v.
Freeman, 21-cr-88
(Rakoff)
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