| On Violations of Supervised
Release For Hobbs Act Conspiracy Abassi Gets 3
Months in Jail
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 11 – Sira Abassi pled
guilty to conspiracy to commit
Hobbs Act armed robbery. Now
she is on supervised
release.
On
December 2, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Paul A. Engelmayer held a
violation of supervised
release proceeding. Inner City
Press covered it.
Judge
Engelmayer admonished Abassi
to strictly comply with home
detention, now at a new
address in Queens.
It was called an
interim hearing, with another
to follow.
And, on January
19, there was another
proceeding, and Inner City
Press again covered it. But it
did not last long. One of the
required forms had not been
reviewed and signed. Judge
Engelmayer said he understand
such things during the
pandemic, and set the next
date for January 21.
On January 21,
Inner City Press covered the
VOSR plea. Abassi's lawyer
said her client was anxious
and to ask "tell me what you
did that makes you believe you
are guilty" to each
specification. Judge
Engelmayer did (failure to
report, failure to take drug
tests and the like) and then
set sentencing.
It occurred on
February 11 and Inner City
Press covered it. Abassi's
lawyer spoke of getting a
Farsi-speaking psychologist.
Judge Engelmayer said jail
time was important, and
imposed three months
imprisonment followed by 33
months of supervision, the
first six months of which will
be home confinement.
As of 6 pm on the
day of sentencing, neither the
defendant's sentencing
submission nor the judgment
was in the public docket.
The case is US v.
Abassi, 17-cr-662 (Engelmayer)
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