Magistrate's Criminal Minutes: Arraignment Held, Plea of Not Guilty — Bern Benoit, Case Number: 1:20-cr-296 (Document 49)

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Magistrate's Criminal Minutes for an arraignment, plea and sentence form, Document 49 filed 08/14/20 in Case 1:20-cr-296-JPB-AJB in the Northern District of Georgia, dated 8/14/2020, with Russell G. Vineyard as presiding Magistrate and Amanda Zarkowsky as Deputy Clerk. The defendant is listed as BERN BENOIT, with TAL CHAIKEN as AUSA and TONY EGBASE as attorney. The marked entries show an initial appearance with consent to a zoom hearing, an order appointing the Federal Defender Program as counsel, a copy of the indictment given to the defendant, and a plea of NOT GUILTY entered. They also show a bond at $25,000 marked non-surety.

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Case 1:20-cr-00296-JPB-CMS Document 49 _ Filed 08/14/20 Page1of2
MAGISTRATE’S CRIMINAL MINUTES

ARRAIGNMENT
PLEA AND
SENTENCE
Time in Court: Hrs 5 Min

Filed in Open Court: Date: 8/14/2020 Time: 2:25PM Tape: FTRGOLD

Magistrate (presiding): Russell G. Vineyard Deputy Clerk: Amanda Zarkowsky

Case Number: 1:20-cr-296-JPB-AJB Defendant's Name: BERN BENOIT

AUSA: TAL CHAIKEN Defendant's Attorney: TONY EGBASE

USPO/PTR: KRYSTAL BATCHELOR. Type Counsel: Retained L]CJA LIFPD Lj Waived
_____ ARREST DATE:
_____ INTERPRETER:

X INITIAL APPEARANCE HEARING. & In THIS DISTRICT/consent to zoom hearing Dft in custody? 1 Yes No

ee,

X__ Defendant advised of right to counsel. 1 WAIVER OF COUNSEL filed.

X__ ORDER appointing Federal Defender Program as counsel. [ INITIAL APPEARANCE ONLY.

ORDER appointing as counsel.
ORDER giving defendant days to employ counsel (cc: served by Mag CRD)
INFORMATION/COMPLAINT filed. WAIVER OF INDICTMENT filed.

X Copy indictment/information given to dft? K Yes (1 No Read to dft? LJ Yes LJ No Prior to Hrg

CONSENT TO TRIAL BEFORE MAGISTRATE (Misd / Petty) offense filed.

X ARRAIGNMENT HELD. indictment / information L] Dft's WAIVER of appearance filed.
Arraignment continued to at Request of [i Govt CI Dft
Dft failed to appear for arraignment. Bench warrant issued

X Dft enters PLEA OF NOT GUILTY. 1 Dft stood mute; plea of NOT GUILTY entered. © Waiver of appearance.

MOTION TO CHANGE PLEA, and order allowing same.

ASSIGNED TO JUDGE- for Xl trial © arraignment/sentence.
ASSIGNED TO MAGISTRATE for pretrial proceedings.
Estimated trial time: days. COSHORT CIMEDIUM COLONG

PRE-SENTENCE INVESTIGATION filed. Referred to USPO for PSI and continued
until at for sentencing.

Case 1:20-cr-00296-JPB-CMS Document 49 _ Filed 08/14/20 Page 2 of 2

ARRAIGNMENT - Pg. 2 : -» Case No.: B. BERNOIT
Defendant: 120CR296

Government ORAL MOTION FOR DETENTION filed. at

Temporary commitment issued. Dft remanded to custody of US Marshals Service.

BOND/PRETRIAL DETENTION HEARING

BOND / PRETRIAL DETENTION hearing held.
Government MOTION FOR DETENTION [1GRANTED (CIDENIED (WITHDRAWN

WRITTEN ORDER TO FOLLOW.
HEARING HELD on motion for reduction / modification of bond.

Motion for reduction / modification of Bond CIGRANTED UC DENIED.

WRITTEN ORDER TO FOLLOW.
X__ BOND at_ $25,000 ,

Xx Non-surety
Surety [1 Cash C) Property C1 Corporate surety ONLY

SPECIAL CONDITIONS:

Bond Filed; defendant released.
Bond NOT EXECUTED. Defendant to remain in Marshal's custody.

WITNESSES:

SENTENCE:

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