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Notice of Appearance as Counsel of Record for Sentencing — Tracy Wade, Case 0:23-cr-60173-KMW (Document 228)

What This Document Is

A one-page notice, filed January 21, 2025, in which attorney Larry R. Handfield enters an appearance as counsel of record for Tracy Wade. The prior summary used a fragment of the notice's own boilerplate text ("relieved by Court Order.") as its title. Filed two days before the January 23, 2025 sentencing, alongside the variance motions (dockets 220, 221) and character-letter filings (dockets 217, 223) from that same pre-sentencing week.

Factual Summary

Despite the case caption reading "for sentencing purposes only," the notice's body states the appearance is unconditional: Handfield agrees to represent Wade "for all proceedings arising out of the transaction" charged, in conformity with Local General Rule 11.1(D) and the Special Rules Governing the Admission and Practice of Attorneys, and acknowledges the standard obligations to advise Wade of his appellate rights, to file a timely notice of appeal if requested, and to pursue any appeal unless relieved by court order — the source of the prior (mistitled) summary's title. The filing includes a boilerplate clause that fee disputes between counsel and client will not be grounds for withdrawal, and a certificate of electronic service dated the same day.

Key Facts

  • Filed January 21, 2025 — two days before the January 23 sentencing.
  • Counsel: Larry R. Handfield, Esq., FL Bar No. 330590, 4770 Biscayne Blvd. #1250, Miami.
  • The case-caption label ("sentencing purposes only") is narrower than the appearance's own operative text, which is unconditional and covers all proceedings including appeal.
  • Filed in addition to, not in place of, Wade's existing trial counsel (Johnny L. McCray Jr. and Daryl E. Wilcox), based on this docket alone; the relationship between the two representations is not addressed in this filing.

Source Caveats

  • The notice does not explain why new counsel appeared at this stage or whether it replaces or supplements existing counsel; that context is not present in this one-page filing.
  • No indication in this document of whether Handfield in fact represented Wade at sentencing or any appeal; only that the appearance was filed.
Date
2025-01-21

Cite this document

“Notice of Appearance as Counsel of Record for Sentencing — Tracy Wade, Case 0:23-cr-60173-KMW (Document 228).” Original at ecf.flsd.uscourts.gov, dated 2025-01-21. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2025-01-21-plaintiff-v-tracy-wade/, SHA-256 837a1ef8d0235b80cb00315abc193d415320fd37c39e913408a9a8b874782032.

Full text

Case 0:23-cr-60173-KMW Document 228 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/21/2025 Page 1 of 1
                                   U.S. District Court
                           Southern District of Florida (Miami)
                      CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE#: 1:23-CR-60173

  THE UNITED STATES,

                 Plaintiff,
  vs.

  Tracy Wade

              Defendant.
  ________________________/

     NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AS COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR SENTENCING
                           PURPOSES ONLY

           COMES NOW the undersigned attorney, LARRY R. HANDFIELD, ESQ., and hereby
  files this Notice of Permanent Appearance as Counsel of Record for the Defendant, TRACY
  WADE, Counsel agrees to represent the Defendant for all proceedings arising out of the
  transaction with which the Defendant is presently charged in the United States District Court in
  and for the Southern District of Florida.
           Counsel hereby states that this appearance is unconditional and in conformity with the
  requirements of Local General Rule 11.1(D) and the Special Rules of Governing the Admission
  and Practice of Attorneys.
           Counsel acknowledges responsibility to advise the Defendant of the right to appeal; to file
  a timely Notice of Appeal is requested to do so by the Defendant and to pursue that appeal unless
  relieved by Court Order.
           FEE DISPUTES BETWEEN COUNSEL AND CLIENT SHALL NOT BE A
  BASIS FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM THIS REPRESENTATION.
           Dated this 21st day of January 2025.


                                                           Respectfully submitted,

                                                         Larry R. Handfield, Esq.
                                                         FL Bar No# 330590
                                                   Counsel for TRACY WADE,
                                                         4770 Biscayne Blvd., #1250
                                                         Miami, FL 33137
                                                         305-576-1011 / Ofc.
                                                         By: /s/Larry R. Handfield, Esq.___
                                                             Larry R. Handfield, Esq.

                                        CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

          I, HEREBY CERTIFY on 21st January 2025, I filed the foregoing acknowledgment

  electronically with the Clerk of Court via CM/ECF. I also certify the attached notice was served

  electronically this day on all counsel of record via Notice of Electronic Filing generated by CM/DCF.

                                                           By: /s/Larry R. Handfield, Esq.___
                                                               Larry R. Handfield, Esq.

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