| Felon in
Possession Hightower Got Four Months &
Six Days Now Probation Cites Heroin Again
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 31 – Charleton
Hightower, a felon in
possession of a firearm, was
up for sentencing on April 14,
2021.
U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Richard M. Berman held the
sentencing on the CourtCall
platform. Inner City Press
covered it.
Judge
Berman, on a guideline of 37
months, imposed a sentence of
four months and six days, to
give the defendant's family
time to prepare to help
him.
But when
defense counsel pushed back at
the electronic device search
condition, saying it was for
sex offenders, not felons in
possession, Judge Berman
disagreed.
He imposed the
electronic device search
condition, during three years
of supervised release.
On March 14,
2022, Judge Berman held a
supervised release proceeding.
He inquired into the
management / landlord of where
Hightower is living, heard
testimony about fentanyl and
heroin, and advised that
Hightower should be
accompanied to a meeting with
Social Security on March 30.
He set a next conference for
March 31.
On March 31,
Inner City Press again covered
the case. Probation said
there's been no progress on
SSI and said that heroin is
again being used. Judge Berman
asked about the simultaneous
use of heroin and methadone. A
next conference was set for
April 19.
The case is US v.
Hightower, 20-cr-303 (Berman)
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