| MDC Inmate Wants Out But
SDNY Judge Carter Points To Alleged Drug
Dealing on Phone
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- The
Source
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 2 – Brandon
Johnson, incarcerated in the
MDC prison in Brooklyn on drug
charges, on July 2 asked U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Andrew L. Carter to free
him to home incarceration
during the Coronavirus
pandemic. Inner City Press
covered the proceeding.
Judge Carter
asked, Couldn't he deal
drugs by phone from
home?
Johnson's lawyer
said that those who work in
MDC have to get their own
COVID testing. He said it is
difficult or impossible to
work with client on defense
while he is in the MDC.
He downplayed his
client Brandon Johnson's
connections with
Honduras.
But Judge
Carter ruled, I find the
government has met its burden
that he a risk of flight, and
a danger to the community. I
will not grant temporary
release.
The case is US v.
Johnson, 19-cr-828 (Carter)
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