Criminal Minutes — Initial Appearance / Arraignment — USA v. Okojie (S.D. Ga.)

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Filed July 19, 2022 as Document 20 in Case No. 4:22-cr-84 (S.D. Ga., Savannah Division), these Criminal Minutes record the 7/19/2022 initial appearance and arraignment of Bernard Okojie before U.S. Magistrate Judge Benjamin W. Cheesbro. John Ossick, Jr. was appointed as counsel, AUSA Jonathan Porter appeared, and the minutes say the defendant pled not guilty and waived formal reading of the indictment. Pretrial motions are due within 30 days with a 21 day response deadline, and that time is excluded from speedy trial calculations. The Court denied a request to reopen detention and to drop the third-party surety requirement, and converted his bond to a $10,000 secured appearance bond secured by a third-party surety.

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CRIMINAL MINUTES 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 
SAVANNAH DIVISION 
 CASE NO. 
4:22-cr-84 
DATE 
7/19/2022 
TIME 
10:29 am – 11:00 a.m. 
 
USA v. 
Bernard Okojie 
TAPE NO. 
FTR-BWK-CR2  
 
JUDGE WOOD 
 
BEFORE BENJAMIN W. CHEESBRO, U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 
INTERPRETER: 
 
 
X 
DEFENDANT PRESENT 
X 
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT 
John Ossick, Jr., appointed  
X 
ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY 
Jonathan Porter  
X 
DEPUTY CLERK 
Karen J. Mitchell 
X 
U.S.P.O 
Fonda Dixon 
X 
U.S. MARSHAL 
 Jay Ciambrone 
 
Marty Fitzjurls 
x 
Jason Parnell 
 
INITIAL APPEARANCE 
X 
ARRAIGNMENT  
 
 
 
DEFENDANT ADVISED OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND HIS RIGHTS.  DEFENDANT SEEKS APPOINTMENT 
OF COUNSEL.  CJA AFFIDAVIT PROVIDED IN NORTHERN DISTRICT.  NO CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE 
THEN.  DEFENDANT CONTINUES TO QUALIFY FOR COUNSEL. JOHN OSSICK, JR. APPOINTED AS COUNSEL 
FOR DEFENDANT BERNARD OKOJIE. 
DEFENDANT PREVIOUSLY APPEARED IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA (ATLANTA). RULE 5 
DOCUMENTS RECEIVED. DEFENDANT PLED NOT GUILTY AND WAIVES A FORMAL READING OF THE 
INDICTMENT.   
GOVERNMENT REVIEWED THE PENALTIES.  DEFENDANT PLEAD NOT GUILTY.   
GOVERNMENT PROVIDES SCOPE AND STATUS OF DISCOVERY.  COURT ADVISED PARTIES OF GOVERNMENT’S 
DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS UNDER FRCrP 5(f)(1) and Brady v. Maryland .  DEFENSE REQUESTS 30 DAYS TO FILE 
PRETRIAL MOTIONS.  PRETRIAL MOTIONS DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS WITH 21 DAY RESPONSE DEADLINE.  THE TIME FOR 
FILING PRETRIAL MOTIONS IS EXCLUDED FROM SPEEDY TRIAL CALCULATIONS. SCHEDULING ORDER TO FOLLOW. 
DETENTION ADDRESSED.  DEFENDANT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED BOND IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. 
COURT DENIES ANY REQUEST TO RE-OPEN DETENTION HEARING BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED IN COURT. 
DEFENDANT’S REQUEST TO MODIFY BOND CONDITIONS TO FOREGO THE THIRD PARTY SURETY REQUIREMENT IS 
DENIED. DEFENDANT’S BOND CONVERTED TO $10,000 SECURED APPEARANCE BOND SECURED BY THIRD PARTY 
SURETY. BOND PAPERWORK TO BE FILED WITH THE COURT WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS.  DEFENDANT WILL 
BE PERMITTED TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA IN ORDER TO ATTEND COURT 
HEARINGS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA.  ORDER SETTING CONDITIONS TO FOLLOW.  
 
 
Case 4:22-cr-00084-LGW-BWC     Document 20     Filed 07/19/22     Page 1 of 1

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