| Rakim Brown
Pled Guilty Now Judge Asks of Revenge
Shooting before 150 Month Sentence
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 7 – Rakim Brown was
detained awaiting trial on
drug and gun charges. Then he
pleaded guilty.
On
February 8, 2021 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Sidney H. Stein held a
proceeding about Brown's
access to discovery. Inner
City Press covered it.
On
November 7,
2022 he was
sentenced to
150 months
imprisonment,
with a
facility as
near as
possible to
Decatur,
Georgia
recommended.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted,
thread here:
OK-
now at a
sentencing for
a 27 year old
defendant /
shooter with
28 grams of
crack, who
faces
mandatory 10
years on top
of 63 to 78
months for
narcotics
conspiracy.
The latter,
judge just
said, will be
varied down
due to
conditions in
MDC jail.
Defense
lawyer: He's
had COVID
three times
while
incarcerated
in the MDC..
Judge:
Is he
vaccinated?
Defense
lawyer: No. He
doesn't trust
the MDC. And
he only has
one kidney.
Assistant
US Attorney:
He perjured
himself,
sitting right
next to you.
He has no
remorse for
the shooting.
He coordinated
the beating
and shooting
of the
girlfriend of
the man he
believed shot
his brother.
Defense:
We believe the
officers
perjured
themselves.
Defendant:
There are
things I can't
take back.
I've thought
about them in
my cell. I was
young and
still trying
to find my
way. Judge:
But you lied,
just a few
months ago.
Defendant: The
police turned
everything
around. Judge:
I was here.
But you lied.
Defendant:
I have a 4
year old son.
I've barely
seen
him.
Judge: Take a
moment.
Defendant: In
jail, I've
been learning
about stocks.
My brother's
in a
wheelchair.
[He's here in
the courtroom]
Defendant:
In a better
environment,
I'll do the
right thing.
[He asks for
prison near
Decatur, GA]
Judge: I
sentence you
to 10 years,
plus 30 months
on Count 1, so
150 months
[minus 40
months already
served. So, 9
years & 2
months more:
2032 or 2033.
Previously, this: "ORDER as to
Rakim Brown: IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the trial of this
matter is scheduled for
September 13, 2021."
But it was
pushed back: the trial to
March 7, 2022 and the
suppression hearing was
ongoing on February 22, 2022.
Inner City Press was there.
The
Assistant US Attorney asked
Brown if as he said he had
consulted an attorney about
suing for a prior arrest. Yes
was the answer, and then a
series of objections. At the
end Brown's lawyer said he
hadn't eaten all day, but
handing a Nutter Butter
sandwich was not immediately
possible. The Marshals
indicated there was food
downstairs.
On February 25,
exhibits for the suppression
hearing were agreed to,
ranging from Photo of 183rd
Street (Sammy's and Smoothie
Shop) to "Crack Under Couch."
On March 3, this:
"Defendant's attorney makes an
application that her client
wishes to withdraw his
previously entered plea of not
guilty and enter a plea of
guilty to Counts One and Five
in the (S4) Indictment.
Defendant sworn, allocution
begins. The defendant pleads
GUILTY to Counts One and Five
in the (S4) Indictment. The
Court accepts the guilty plea.
The sentencing is scheduled
for June 6, 2022. Defendant
remains in custody."
The sentencing
did not take place then. Now,
on July 1, a Fatico hearing
has been ordered: "ORDER as to
Rakim Brown: The Court is in
receipt of the government's
letter requesting a Fatica
hearing [Doc. No. 206], IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. There
will be a Fatico hearing on
August 9, 2022, at 11:00 a.m.;
2. Defendant's sentencing
submissions are due by
September 9, 2022; 3. The
government's submissions are
due by September 16, 2022; and
4. The sentencing is adjourned
to September 29, 2022, at 11
:00 a.m."
The Fatico
hearing was in fact held on
August 9, for hours. In the
witness box, accompanied by
Marshals, was Maurice Hartley,
who has his own case (with
numerous co-defendants) before
Judge Engelmayer. Rakim
Brown's lawyer asked him about
a number of them by name and
if he knew they had
cooperation agreements.
The AUSA
objected, and suggested that
the transcript be sealed. But
it was in open court. At the
end, Judge Stein asked the
AUSA why they'd spent all day
on this. More extensive
answers will be allowed in the
pre-sentencing memos, with the
sentencing seemingly delayed
due to an unrelated white
collar case in Camden NJ
Federal Court.
Inner City
Press will continue to report
on this case.
It is US v.
Brown, 19-cr-513 (Stein)
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