| Victim of
Home Invasion Was Charged With Drugs and
Ammo US Says He's Not Competent
By Matthew
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July 8 –
Felix Rodriguez was the victim
of a home invasion of his
Bronx apartment on August 16,
2020. But when the police
came, they found drugs and
ammunition and charged
him.
On April 15, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge J.
Paul Oetken held an in-person
change of plea proceeding.
Inner City Press went and
covered it, as one of only two
people in the
gallery.
The defense
has a report that Rodriguez is
not competent to be charged.
The US Attorney's Office wants
another opinion, and named a
doctor.
Judge Oetken,
after asking if the order
could or should be docketed,
ordered an examination
pursuant to 18 USC 4247.
On July 8 the US
filed a proposed order, after
a finding of non-competence by
Dr. Cheryl Paradis, to commit
the defendant to a "suitable
facility" for four months for
determine if there is a
substantial probability that
in the foreseeable future the
defendant will attain the
capacity to permit criminal
proceedings to go forward."
The case is US v.
Rodriguez, 21-cr-361 (Oetken)
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