Wednesday January 13, at 10 am, Judge Manuel Real will conduct yet one more hearing (or the second part of one more hearing) into the matter of whether or not Homies Unidos founder Alex Sanchez should be allowed bail.
Last week, if you’ll remember, Judge Real surprised all concerned by asking to talk to at least two experts in LA gang intervention and enforcement who could give an opinion as to whether Alex Sanchez was indeed an MS-13 a shot caller and a danger to the community as the prosecutors have insisted. The Judge wanted individuals with no dog in the fight, like maybe someone from the mayor’s office, he said, and perhaps some upper echelon type from the LAPD or the Sheriff’s Department. The “experts” had to be mutually agreeable to both the government’s attorneys and to Sanchez’s court appointed lawyer, Kerry Bensinger.
For the past week calls and emails have flown around the city as those even tangentially involved with the case madly opined and speculated about who those experts could and should be.
The court promised to be packed with spectators and supporters. But then on Tuesday afternoon, another surprise: Yes, Judge Real would hear testimony by the newly-chosen experts, but behind closed doors. In other words, the hearing would be closed to all save the attorneys.
This latest move fueled even more speculation about who the “experts” might be and what they intended to say—either for or against Alex Sanchez— that they did not want to state in open court.
The hearing will take place at the federal courthouse at 312. N. Spring.
More as it develops.
No swearing and my post gets deleted, amazing.
Try posting a commment about Alex being a victim of the corrupt police, draconian justice system and our evil immigration sytem if you don’t want to be deleted.
SF, False alarm. I’ve done no deleting. (I’ve been at USC much of the afternoon and evening.) When I get home I’ll see if I can find your comment.
I understand you have computer goblins on the site Celeste, no biggie.
Here’s what it might be. You posted two comments within a minute of each other on two different threads—at 4:34 p.m. and at 4:35. Was this the missing comment?
Parole isn’t a right granted in the constitution Robbie or you wouldn’t be able to revoke it.
Nice try con lover.
If so, you went back to check the thread but clicked on a different one and thought it was gone. (I’ve done that myself.)
WTF Says:
January 13th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Try posting a commment about Alex being a victim of the corrupt police, draconian justice system and our evil immigration sytem if you don’t want to be deleted.
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Your comment on the last thread about the Mexican immigrant who shot at sheriffs, which included ad hominem jabs, wasn’t deleted. Want some cheese with your whine?
No Celeste.
SF: Okay. Then I give up. That leaves goblins, as my spam assassin didn’t have it.