DA moves to vacate over 3,500 marijuana cases, virtually clearing…

DA moves to vacate over 3,500 marijuana cases, virtually clearing docket of Brooklyn weed charges

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July 27, 2021

Brooklyn’s top prosecutor on Tuesday asked a judge to vacate over 3,500 marijuana cases, a move the Brooklyn District Attorney says will virtually clear the docket of borough-wide weed-related proceedings.

District Attorney Eric Gonzalez appeared before Criminal Court Judge Keshia Espinal, along with Bahar Ansari of the Legal Aid Society and Yung Mi-Lee of Brooklyn Defenders representing the defendants in the cases, on July 26 to ask that 3,578 cases be dismissed, and that any associated warrants be vacated and guilty pleas be withdrawn.

The cases are mostly for possession, with some cases involving the sale of the drug being in the batch as well. Most of the cases remained on the docket because the defendants had open warrants against them, according to the DA’s office.

View full Brooklyn Paper article, here.

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