Free Motion for Pretrial Detention - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JEFFREY JONES

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Case No. 3:03CR273(JCH)

MAY 17, 2005

GOVERNMENT'S MOTION FOR PRETRIAL DETENTION Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 3142(e) and (f), the Government hereby requests that the defendant be ordered detained prior to trial. I. Eligibility of Case This case is eligible for pretrial detention because it involves: a crime of violence as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Section 3156; an offense for which the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or death; an offense for which a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more is prescribed in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §801 et seq.), the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), or section 1 of the Act of September 15, 1980 (21 U.S.C. §955a); any felony committed after the defendant has been convicted of two or more of the prior two offenses or two or more State or local offenses that would have been one of the prior two offenses if a circumstance giving rise to Federal jurisdiction had existed; X a serious risk that the defendant will flee; and/or

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a serious risk that the defendant will obstruct or attempt to obstruct justice, or threaten injure, or intimidate, or attempt to threaten, injure, or intimidate, a prospective witness or juror. II. Reason for Detention The court should detain defendant because there are no conditions of release which will reasonably assure: X the defendant's appearance as required; and/or the safety of any other person and the community. III. Rebuttable Presumption The Government will invoke the rebuttable presumption against the defendant under Title 18, United States Code, Section 3142(e). The presumption applies because: the defendant has been convicted of a Federal offense described in Title 18, United States Code, Section 3142(f)(1) or of a State or local offense that would have been an offense described in Section 3142(f)(1) if a circumstance giving rise to Federal jurisdiction had existed; _____ an offense described in Title 18, United States Code, Section 3142(e)(1) was committed while the defendant was on release pending trial for a Federal, State, or local offense; and X a period of not more than five years has elapsed since the date of conviction, or the release of the defendant from imprisonment, for an offense described in Title 18, United States Code, Section 3142(e)(1), whichever is later; or

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_____ there is probable cause to believe that the defendant committed an offense for which a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more is prescribed in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §801 et seq.), the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. §951 et seq.), section 1 of the Act of September 15, 1980 (21 U.S.C. 955a), or an offense under section 924(c) of Title 18 of the United States Code. IV. Time for Detention Hearing The Government requests that the court conduct the detention hearing: at the defendant's first appearance; X after a continuance of 3 days. Respectfully submitted, KEVIN J. O'CONNOR UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

By:

STEPHEN B. REYNOLDS ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Federal Bar No. ct19105 KRISHNA PATEL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY United States Attorney's Office 915 Lafayette Boulevard Bridgeport, Ct 06604 (203) 696-3000 (203) 579-5575 (fax)

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CERTIFICATION This is to certify that a copy of the within and forgoing "Government's Motion for Pretrial Detention" was hand-delivered this 17th day of May 2005 to the defendant's counsel of record:

By: STEPHEN B. REYNOLDS ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

For:

KRISHNA PATEL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

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