Monthly Archives/Archivos por Mes: November 2013

By Ihosvani Rodriguez, Sun Sentinel, October 24, 2013

A Broward jury on Thursday issued a not-guilty verdict for Fernando Rodrigues, a former mixed martial arts fighter who was arrested last year after a road rage incident in Coral Springs.

Rodrigues, 32, a former U.S. Marine and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor, claimed during the four-day trial that he was acting […]

How do the parties arrive at the point where at the moment of sentence the Judge asks: “What is the Government’s recommendation?”And the answer could be, “ the government recommends the low end of the Guidelines, Your Honor” Now the judge may or may not follow the recommendation. This is in the day-to-day federal case.

Answer: 

That […]

I don’t know where people get the idea that the Southern District of New York prosecutor or an Eastern District of New York prosecutor would recommend or offer a particular sentence. This is simply not true. In fact, it has caused at least one judge some consternation. Below, I quote the language of a Court […]

Dear David,

I was told that you successfully defeated a government claim that laundered money in a case you had was narcotics proceeds. Is that a reported case? – Marty

Answer

No, it was not a reported case but it happened –twice in fact. Once because I had an amenable (read, “older”) prosecutor who chose not to fight […]