| Video Presentment of
Defendant King Amid Coronavirus Has Public and
Press On Phone
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Thread
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 14 – A defendant named
Mister King was presented on
charges related to cocaine and
not reporting to Probation, in
an April 14 proceeding before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Ona T.
Wang.
While
Judge Wang said the proceeding
was by video, which Inner City
Press on April 13 reported
the SDNY court would start
using, the Press and public
were only able to access and
report on this criminal
proceeding by telephone, often
with speakers
unidentified.
It was not
accessible for seeing. Live
tweeted thread here.
The Assistant US
Attorney agreed to bail and
the return of Mister King to
Rochester in the Western
District of New York. His
Violation of Supervised
Release hearing is scheduled
for May 12 - in the Western
District of Texas.
Someone,
unidentified, asked if that
could be moved to the
SDNY.
Judge Wang
replied that under the CARES
Act it could be by video. With
the Press and public still
inexplicably sightless? Inner
City Press will stay on these
issues - and will publish the
docket number of this case if
and when it becomes available.
Watch this site.
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