| Barebones
Georgia
Organized
Crime
Indictment
Drew Judge
Rakoff Ire
& Q at
Plea Now Trial
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 27 – Three Georgians were
arrested on November 14, 2023
on an organized crime indictment
a longtime judge called
"barebones."
They consented to
detention and don't have a
next court date until June
2024. Inner City Press covered
each step.
After three 6:05
am arrested, the prosecutors
announced an Indictment
charging VAZHA GABADADZE,
a/k/a “Natan Yusupov,” KAKHA
KATSADZE, TEIMURAZ TAVBERIDZE
and DAVIT TIKARADZE with
extortion
offenses.
They
specified that "GABADADZE,
KATSADZE, TAVBERIDZE, and
TIKARADZE were arrested today
and will be presented this
afternoon before U.S.
Magistrate Judge Robert W.
Lehrburger."
Inner City
Press went to the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates Court and was the
only media there as all three
were presented, and then
arraigned. From the thread
Now in 14B,
before Judge Rakoff who says:
This is the most barebones
indictment I've ever seen.
Exactly a year
later, defendant Teimuraz
Tavberidze was scheduled to
plead guilty. But it did not
happen. Inner City Press went,
thread:
Judge Rakoff:
Where are you from? A:
Georgia. Judge: When did you
come into the US? A: May 2022,
through Mexico. Judge:
Illegally? A: Yes. I was being
told to sell my businesses,
bars. Q: By organized crime?
A: Yes- the
government Trial was set for
Monday. But right now,
Tavberidze is pleading guilty
to a lesser included offense,
as previously 2 co-defendants
did. Judge Rakoff: Do
you understand the guideline
of 27 to 33 months will have
no effect on me?
Citing Hobbs Act
and a Supreme Court decision
was the 70s, US v Enmons, 410
US 396, Judge Rakoff says " I
am not going to accept the
guilty plea today." Trial also
postponed, defense goes kut
into hall with prosecutors,
leaving defendant alone at
defense table
While waiting for
case to resume, here's the
2973 Supreme Court case Judge
Rakoff cited: United States v.
Enmons, 410 U.S. 396 (1973)
They're back -
and defendant is no longer
trying to plead guilty, at
leasy not today. No trial
Monday: defense counsel will
go to MDC with Georgian
interpreter
The plea did not
go forward, trial is set for
December 2: "Oral Argument as
to Teimuraz Tavberidze held on
11/22/2024 The Court
will pick 15 jurors for this
trial. The trial will commence
with colloquy between the
Court and counsel at 10:00am
on Monday December 2, 2024 "
The case is USA
v. Gabadadze, et al,
1:23-cr-585 (Rakoff)
The dissed Indictment is on
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