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Category: Fed. R. Crim. P. Rule 5

U.S. v. Iona-Dejesus, No. 22-20473-CR, 2023 WL 3980082 (S.D. Fla. May 4, 2023)

Posted on Jun 17 by Sean Gajewski

MDLEA Blog Note: Magistrate Judge Torres’s report and recommendation was adopted by District Court Judge Gayles in its entirety on 13 June 2023. The full citation is, U.S. v. Iona-Dejesus, No. 22-20473-CR, 2023 WL 3980082 (S.D. Fla. May 4, 2023), report and recommendation adopted sub nom. U.S. v. Iona-Dejesus, et al., No. 22-20473-CR, 2023 WL 3971129 (S.D….

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U.S. Government Did Not Violate Fed. R. Crim. P. Rule 5 Even Where Defendants Spent Ten Days at Sea on Three Different Ships

Posted on Jun 17Jun 17 by Sean Gajewski

On 13 June 2023, we looked at a Southern District of Florida case where Magistrate Judge Torres decided that the U.S. Government violated Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 5(a)(1)(B) for an “unnecessary” 11-day delay in presenting defendants to a magistrate judge following a MDLEA interdiction by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). Well, just over a…

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Florida Court Rules that 11-Day Delay Before Presenting Defendants to Magistrate Judge was Unnecessary and Violates Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 5

Posted on Jun 13Jun 16 by Sean Gajewski

This case pertains to a matter that has previously garnered media attention in “The Coast Guard’s ‘Floating Guantánamos’”. If you haven’t read that article, I highly suggest you head over to the New York Times’ website and do so before coming back to finish this post. In general, “Floating Guantánamos” and the decision, U.S. v….

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  • U.S. v. Iona-Dejesus, No. 22-20473-CR, 2023 WL 3980082 (S.D. Fla. May 4, 2023)

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