New York, United States
the Honduran drug trafficker Geovanny Fonts Ramirez has a new lawyer to receive reading of his sentence on October 19 in New York, United States.
Judge Kevin Castel ordered the removal of attorney Avraham Moskowitz as a defense counsel for Fonts Ramirez, and public defender John M. Burke was appointed in his place.
Geovanny Fonts Ramirez, Found guilty of drug trafficking, had sought the removal of his private lawyer Avraham Moskowitz, alleging that during his trial in a New York Southern District Court he did not present evidence that could excuse him.
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Donat Fonts Ramirez was arrested in Miami in February 2020 in connection with the case against “Tony” Hernandez. |
Castel clarified that “this Court does not appoint an attorney for the appeal.” The only pending procedure that Fuentes has is his sentence scheduled for October 19.
In a letter of request, handwritten by Honduran narco Fonts Ramírez from prison, he asked the judge Kevin Castel, Appoint a public defender to continue defending your case.
“My procedural rights were violated from the start of this case which culminated in a trial in which my lawyer did not even present much of the exculpatory evidence,” Fonts said.
Geovanny Fonts Ramirez, Whom the U.S. Attorney’s Office links to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, was found in March 2021 guilty of drug trafficking in a New York court.