United States v. Bloomer

OPINION AND ORDER

BILLINGS, District Judge.

Hearing was held on the matter of defendant’s release pending sentencing on May 8, 1992, pursuant to the Order of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals remanding the case with instructions to reconsider the Government’s motion to detain and to apply 18 U.S.C. § 3143(a)(2).

Following conviction by jury of six offenses relating to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, we continued the defendant on bail pending sentencing. We ruled that the mandatory detention statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3143(a)(2) and (b)(2), does not apply until the court enters a…