Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas on Monday scored an unexpected relief in his ongoing trial at the United States District Court for Central District of California, with his lawyers successfully convincing the judge to delay the sentencing after several days of fruitless appeals.
Louis Shapiro, the defence attorney for Ramon “Hushpuppi” Abbas, had earlier slammed the United States prosecutors for deploying heartless and underhand tactics in their quest to land 11 years for the infamous Internet fraudster.
Judge Otis D. Wright in Los Angeles said Mr Abbas will now be sentenced on November 3, 2022, based on the court’s own motion, apparently after considering Mr Abbas’ desperate push from last week for a delay.
Mr Shapiro said his client was poorly treated by the prosecutors in a fresh filing before the United States District Court for the Central District of California on Sunday.
In the court documents seen by Peoples Gazette, Mr Shapiro describes the government’s sentencing request as “unreasonable” and argues that the U.S. is ” trying to sensationalise Mr Abbas into something that he is not”.
Prosecutors had opposed delaying the sentencing any further than September 19, arguing that Mr Abbas and his lawyers had prior knowledge of all related matters in the case and were only out to delay and frustrate the judicial process.
But Mr Abbas’ lawyers, led by criminal defence attorney Louis Shapiro, said the prosecutors were trying to railroad the judge into sentencing their client even as some issues were still outstanding. The lawyers also accused the prosecution in Central California of lacking human compassion and using underhand tactics to make their case for at least 11 years in jail for their client.
They also argued that since Mr Abbas would remain in prison during the postponement, it was not requested to satisfy the interest of the suspect, but only to ensure appropriate arguments are made as to the appropriate duration of a jail sentence.
