Margaret Garnett

American lawyer (born 1971)

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Given our previous iteration of the situation, my preference would be not to docket this conference or unseal the transcript unless and until a plea has been entered and accepted by the Court. As I said, of course, there is a presumptive public right of access to any criminal proceeding, but given the imminence of the defendant’s state trial, I just am very concerned,
The fact that we’re discussing a possibility of a guilty plea in an extremely high profile case, where the victim’s family and the defendant’s family has yet to consider the full consideration and discussion that they’re entitled to from respective counsel, I want to make sure that nothing happens that affects that process; and the victim’s family, as well as Mr. Mangione’s family, and Mr. Mangione himself having appropriate time to privately and fully consider the circumstances of a possible change in plea,
Mr Mangione, how do you now plead to counts one and two of the indictment?”
In my view, it’s simply impossible to be moving through the jury selection process in this case while the defendant and his counsel are fully occupied by conducting the state trial,
I recognize there’s a presumptive public right of access to criminal proceedings,
[T... T]he entire contents of the Backpack fall squarely within several exceptions to the warrant requirement,

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