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`Case 7-21-cr-00502-PMH
`Document 51-1
`Filed in NYSD on 05/17/2022
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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`Roharil Cruz,
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`Defendant.
`sicaepastaRenaeelenaeeeennuuni X
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`April 2, 2020
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`WAIVER OF RIGHT TO BE PRESENT AT
`CRIMINAL PROCEEDING
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`(
`21-CR-502 (PMH
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`Check Proceeding that Applies
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`Arraignment
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`| have been given a copyofthe indictment containing the charges against me and have reviewed it with my
`attorney.
`| understand that | have a right to appear before a judge in a courtroom in the Southern District
`of New York to confirm that | have received and reviewed the indictment; to have the indictment read aloud
`to me if | wish; and to enter a plea of either guilty or not guilty before the judge. After consultation with
`my attorney, | wish to plead not guilty. By signing this document,| wish to advise the court of the following.
`| willingly give up myright to appear in a courtroom in the Southern District of New York to advise the court
`that:
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`1)
`2)
`3)
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`| have received and reviewed a copyofthe indictment.
`| do not need the judgeto read the indictment aloud to me.
`| plead notguilty to the charges against mein the indictment.
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`Date:
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`Signature of Defendant
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`Print Name
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`Bail Hearing
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`| am applying orin the future may apply for release from detention,orif not detained, for modification of
`the conditions of my release from custody,that is, my bail conditions.
`| understand that | have a right to
`appear before a judgein a courtroom in the Southern District of New York at the time that my attorney
`makes such an application. | have discussed these rights with my attorney and wish to give up these rights
`for the period of time in which access to the courthouse has beenrestricted on account of the COVID-19
`pandemic.
`| request that my attorney be permitted to make applications for my release from custody or
`for modification of the conditions of my release even though | will not be present, and to make such
`applications in writing or by telephone in my attorney’s discretion.
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`Date:
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`Signature of Defendant
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`Print Name
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`Conference
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`| understand that | have a right to be
`| have been charged in an indictment with violations of federal law.
`presentat all conferences concerning this indictment that are held by a judge in the Southern District of
`New York, unless the conferenceinvolves only a question of law.
`| understand that at these conferences
`the judge may, among otherthings, 1) set a schedule for the case including the date at which thetrial will
`be held, and 2) determine whether, under the SpeedyTrial Act, certain periods of time should be properly
`excludedin setting the time by which the trial must occur.
`| have discussed these issues with my attorney
`and wish to give up myright to be present at the conferences. By signing this document,| wish to advise
`the court that| willingly give up my right to be present at the conferences in my case forthe period of time
`in which access to the courthouse has been restricted on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.
`| request that
`my attorney be permitted to represent my interests at the proceedings even though| will not be present.
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`s/Sam Braverman on behalf of Roharil Cruz
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`ate:
`5/17/2022‘SignatureofDefendant
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`Roharil Cruz
`Print Name
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`| hereby affirm that | am aware of my obligation to discuss with my client the charges contained in the indictment,
`myclient’s rights to attend and participate in the criminal proceedings encompassedby this waiver, and this waiver
`form. laffirm that myclient knowingly and voluntarily consents to the proceedings being held in myclient's absence.
`| will inform my client of whattranspires at the proceedings and provide myclient with a copyof the transcript of
`the proceedings,if requested.
`Dates
`Sam Braverman
`Signature of Defense Counsel
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`5/17/2022
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`Sam Braverman
`Print Name
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`Addendum for a defendant who requires services of an interpreter:
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`| used the servicesof an interpreter to discuss these issues with the defendant. The interpreteralso translated this
`document,
`in its entirety,
`to the defendant before the defendant signed it.
`The interpreter’s name is:
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`Date: ee,
`Signature of Defense Counsel
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`Accepted:
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`Signature of Judge
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`Date:
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