STATE OF NEW JERSEY

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EDWARD FORCHION

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY LAW D I V I S I O N , BURLINGTON COUNTY INDICTMENT NO. 10-08-866 A.D. A-004052-12 T4

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P l a c e : B u r l i n g t o n C o u n t y C o u r t s F a c i l i t y 4 9 R a n c o c a s Road Mt. H o l l y , New J e r s e y

D a t e : S e p t e m b e r 10, 2013

BEFORE:

THE HONORABLE CHARLES DELEHEY, J.S.C.

TRANSCRIPT ORDERED BY:

HELEN C. GODBY, ESQ. ( O f f i c e o f t h e P u b l i c D e f e n d e r )

APPEARANCES:

MICHAEL LUCIANO, A s s i s t a n t P r o s e c u t o r f o r B u r l i n g t o n C o u n t y A t t o r n e y f o r t h e S t a t e

DONALD ACKERMAN, ESQ. ( O f f i c e o f t h e P u b l i c D e f e n d e r ) S t a n d b y A t t o r n e y f o r t h e D e f e n d a n t

L o i s McFadden, CCR, CRR L i c e n s e No. X I 0 0 9 0 3 F o u r t h F l o o r , 4 9 R a n c o c a s Road Mt. H o l l y , New J e r s e y

2 1 MR. LUCIANO: J u d g e , t h e l a s t m a t t e r I have 2 b e f o r e y o u t h i s m o r n i n g i s S t a t e v e r s u s E d w a r d 3 F o r c h i o n . 4 THE COURT: A l l r i g h t . T h i s i s t h e m a t t e r o f 5 S t a t e v e r s u s E d w a r d F o r c h i o n , I n d i c t m e n t 10-08-0366. 6 Mr. L u c i a n o a p p e a r s on b e h a l f o f t h e S t a t e . Mr. 7 A c k e r m a n on b e h a l f o f t h e d e f e n d a n t . Mr. F o r c h i o n was 8 p r e v i o u s l y c o n v i c t e d o f p o s s e s s i o n o f a c o n t r o l l e d 9 d a n g e r o u s s u b s t a n c e . He was p l a c e d o n p r o b a t i o n . He

10 v i o l a t e d p r o b a t i o n . He was s e n t e n c e d t o a 90 d a y s i n 11 t h e B u r l i n g t o n C o u n t y J a i l . He was r e l e a s e d b y J u d g e 12 C o v e r t a n d a l l o w e d t o go t o C a l i f o r n i a f o r m e d i c a l 13 t r e a t m e n t . He was o r d e r e d t o r e t u r n t o d a y t o s e r v e t h e 14 b a l a n c e o f h i s s e n t e n c e . Mr. A c k e r m a n o r Mr. L u c i a n o . 15 MR. LUCIANO: J u s t b r i e f l y . J u d g e . You'd 16 i n d i c a t e d 90 d a y s . He a c t u a l l y i n c u r r e d a 270 d a y 17 B u r l i n g t o n C o u n t y J a i l s e n t e n c e . T h a t was t h e s e n t e n c e 18 o f t h e C o u r t on h i s v i o l a t i o n o f p r o b a t i o n . Mr. 19 A c k e r m a n has s e n t me o v e r y e s t e r d a y somie f i l i n g s t h a t 20 he p r o v i d e d t o t h e C o u r t t o d a y r e g a r d i n g an a p p l i c a t i o n 21 he w o u l d have as t o t h e s e r v i c e o f Mr. F o r c h i o n ' s B C J 22 s e n t e n c e . 23 THE COURT: Mr. Ackerm.an, t h e C o u r t h a s 24 r e c e i v e d f r o m y o u a n o t i c e o f m o t i o n . You know t h a t 25 t h e C o u r t o n l y h a d a m a t t e r o f m i n u t e s t o l o o k a t i t

3 1 b u t i n e s s e n c e i t s a y s t h a t Mr. F o r c h i o n h a s a s c h e d u l e 2 o f t r e a t m e n t i n C a l i f o r n i a . He r e c e i v e s i n j e c t i o n s f o r 3 h i s m e d i c a l c o n d i t i o n s . The i n j e c t i o n s a r e s c h e d u l e d 4 a b o u t a month a p a r t and t h a t ' s a b o u t t h e e x t e n t o f t h e 5 C o u r t ' s k n o w l e d g e . Go a h e a d , s i r . 6 MR. ACKERMAN: W e l l , J u d g e , I a c t u a l l y 7 s u p p l i e d i t b o t h t o t h e C o u r t and t h e S t a t e on F r i d a y . 8 I know t h a t Y o u r H o n o r d i d n ' t come i n t i l l t h i s m o r n i n g 9 b u t , J u d g e , t h e r e were a c o u p l e o f t h i n g s t h a t I r a i s e d

10 i n t h e m o t i o n . And, y e s , i t i s t r u e t h a t he d o e s 11 r e c e i v e t h i s m e d i c a l t r e a t m e n t . T h a t was t h e s u b j e c t 12 o f why Y o u r H o n o r d e c i d e d t o s u s p e n d t h e s e n t e n c e w i t h 13 a h e a r i n g i n S e p t e m b e r . I d i d p r o v i d e d o c u m e n t a t i o n 14 t h a t he c o n t i n u e s t o go f o r t h o s e t r e a t m e n t s i n 15 C a l i f o r n i a . As Y o u r H o n o r knows, t h e y a r e -- t h e r e ' s a 16 t r i a l i n v o l v e d i n v o l v i n g t h i s p a r t i c u l a r m e d i c a t i o n . I 17 was a d v i s e d t h a t a p p a r e n t l y t h e t r i a l h a s b e e n 18 s u c c e s s f u l . However, t h e d r u g i s n o t w i d e l y a v a i l a b l e 19 y e t . However, Mr. F o r c h i o n d o e s r e c e i v e t h e b e n e f i t o f 20 t h a t t r e a t m e n t . And I ' l l j u s t r e m i n d Y o u r H o n o r t h a t 21 i t ' s f o r l a r g e c e l l t u m o r s i n h i s l e g a r o u n d h i s k n e e . 22 T h e r e was p r e v i o u s t e s t i m o n y r e g a r d i n g what t h a t 23 i n v o l v e s . I t d o e s , as t h e t u m o r s grow, i t d o e s make i t 24 d i f f i c u l t f o r h i m t o w a l k and d o e s c a u s e u n r e m i t t i n g 25 p a i n and t h e r e was m e d i c a l t e s t i m o n y r e g a r d i n g t h a t .

4 1 Y o u r H o n o r d i d p e r m i t h i m t o c o n t i n u e w i t h t h o s e 2 t r e a t m e n t s . 3 What I ' v e b e e n a d v i s e d i s he n e e d s t o 4 c o n t i n u e r e c e i v i n g t h e s e s h o t s e v e n t h o u g h t h e t r i a l i s 5 o v e r a n d t h e y a r e p r e p a r e d t o c o n t i n u e p r o v i d i n g h i m 6 w i t h t h i s d r u g . I t ' s p r o n o u n c e d denosumab. I l i s t e d 7 i t i n my, i t ' s i n t h e r e c o r d s t h a t I p r o v i d e d as w e l l 8 a s i n my c e r t i f i c a t i o n . 9 Y o u r H o n o r , a c o u p l e o f t h i n g s . F i r s t o f

10 a l l , I w o u l d want t o n o t e t h a t a g a i n my c l i e n t was 11 c o n v i c t e d o f p o s s e s s i o n o f m a r i j u a n a , a f o u r t h d e g r e e 12 c h a r g e . T h a t i s t h e l o w e s t d e g r e e c h a r g e t h e r e i s and 13 t h i s i s a v i c t i m l e s s c r i m e . I t ' s a n i s s u e o f h i m 14 p o s s e s s i n g m a r i j u a n a . He's n o t v i c t i m i z i n g a n y b o d y 15 e l s e b y t h a t . So, y o u know, b a l a n c i n g t h a t s e r i o u s n e s s 16 o f t h a t c r i m e v e r s u s , y o u know, w h e t h e r he o u g h t t o be 17 i n c a r c e r a t e d , e s p e c i a l l y g i v e n t h i s s i t u a t i o n . J u d g e . 18 And, two, I w o u l d want t o n o t e t h a t he d i d , he h a s 19 a p p e a l e d h i s c o n v i c t i o n . I b e l i e v e t h e r e a r e some 20 s u b s t a n t i a l i s s u e s , s u b s t a n t i a l a n d i n t e r e s t i n g i s s u e s 21 e s p e c i a l l y g i v e n t h e s t a t e o f t h e l a w h e r e i n New 22 J e r s e y . And b y t h a t . J u d g e , I'm g o i n g t o n o t e t h a t 23 t h o u g h i t i s s t i l l i l l e g a l t o p o s s e s s m a r i j u a n a , u n l e s s 24 y o u a r e r e c e i v i n g i t t h r o u g h some s o r t o f m e d i c a l 25 m a r i j u a n a c a r d t h r o u g h a d i s p e n s a r y h e r e i n New J e r s e y ,

5 1 i n f a c t a n d t h a t d i s p e n s a r y , o f c o u r s e , was n o t 2 a v a i l a b l e a t t h e t i m e o f t h i s o f f e n s e . I w i l l n o t e 3 t h a t some o f t h e i n t e r e s t i n g i s s u e s , a n d I t h i n k t h e y 4 a r e v e r y s u b s t a n t i a l . J u d g e , i s t h a t my c l i e n t was a --5 and, o f c o u r s e , t h a t was s t i p u l a t e d d u r i n g t h e t r i a l , 6 he i s a m e d i c a l m a r i j u a n a u s e r i n C a l i f o r n i a . So I 7 t h i n k o n e ' o f t h e i s s u e s t h a t t h e c o u r t may, t h e h i g h e r 8 c o u r t may want t o c o n s i d e r i s what d o e s t h a t mean i n 9 New J e r s e y i f y o u ' r e , y o u know, e n t i t l e d t o r e c e i v e

10 m e d i c a l m a r i j u a n a , y o u a r e h e r e v i s i t i n g i n New J e r s e y 11 w h i c h was t h e c a s e a t t h a t t i m e , w o u l d y o u n o t be a b l e 12 t o p o s s e s s a n d u s e m a r i j u a n a w h i l e h e r e i n New J e r s e y 13 g i v e n t h a t y o u were e n t i t l e d i n C a l i f o r n i a . A n d t h e r e 14 i s t h i s m e d i c a l n e c e s s i t y , o f c o u r s e , some i s s u e s 15 r a i s e d b y my c l i e n t r e g a r d i n g h i s r e l i g i o n . 16 J u d g e , so t h e r e a r e some s u b s t a n t i a l i s s u e s . 17 A nd t h e n . J u d g e , I ' l l j u s t n o t e t h e i s s u e o f , y o u know, 18 my c l i e n t d i d a d m i t t h a t he d i d n ' t r e p o r t t o p r o b a t i o n 19 i n t h a t v i o l a t i o n o f p r o b a t i o n h e a r i n g b u t I t h i n k 20 t h e r e ' s some o t h e r i m p o r t a n t i s s u e s w h i c h . Y o u r Honor, 21 I h a v e t o s a y t h a t t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s o f t h a t , he d i d n ' t 22 go t h a t d a y ? He was i m m e d i a t e l y -- a v i o l a t i o n was 23 l i t e r a l l y b r o u g h t t o Y o u r H o n o r w i t h i n 24 h o u r s . I ' v e 24 n e v e r s e e n t h a t i n t h e 20 y e a r s t h a t I ' v e b e e n a 25 d e f e n s e a t t o r n e y i n t h i s c o u n t y , t h a t t h e y w o u l d move

1 s o q u i c k l y t o v i o l a t e someone. T h e y w o u l d n o r m a l l y 2 g i v e them a c o u p l e d a y s t o come i n . 3 The o t h e r t h i n g , J u d g e , i s t h a t f r e q u e n t --4 y o u know, I d i d t a l k t o p r o b a t i o n a b o u t t h i s . T h ey 5 s a i d , w e l l , we d i d n ' t have h i s a d d r e s s o r phone number. 6 I mean, n o b o d y b o t h e r e d t o c a l l me. T hey knew I was 7 r e p r e s e n t i n g h i m . I h a d h i s phone number. I h a d a way 8 t o g e t i n t o u c h w i t h h i m and I w o u l d h a v e a d v i s e d Mr. 9 F o r c h i o n t h a t he d i d n e e d t o r e p o r t i m m e d i a t e l y w h i c h I

10 b e l i e v e t h a t he w o u l d h a v e done i f he h a d b e e n so 11 a d v i s e d . He's b e e n t o c o u r t . He's n e v e r m i s s e d a 12 c o u r t a p p e a r a n c e . He w o u l d c e r t a i n l y u n d e r s t a n d what 13 he n e e d e d t o do u n d e r t h o s e c i r c u m s t a n c e s . So t h e r e 14 a r e a l o t o f f a c t u a l i s s u e s i n t h e way t h a t a l l was 15 t r e a t e d t h a t I t h i n k a r e e v e n b e y o n d t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l 16 i s s u e s i n v o l v e d h e r e . 17 So, J u d g e , w i t h a l l o f t h a t , a n d w e i g h i n g , o f 18 c o u r s e , J u d g e , t h e r e i s a p e n d i n g a p p e a l , a s I 19 i n d i c a t e d , i t w o u l d be o u r r e q u e s t t h a t Y o u r H o n o r 20 c o n t i n u e t o s u s p e n d t h e s e n t e n c e p e n d i n g t h e a p p e a l . 21 I t seems t o me t h a t w o u l d be t h e most j u d i c i o u s t h i n g 22 t o do a n d i t w o u l d be t h e t h i n g i n b a l a n c i n g t h e 23 m e d i c a l n e e d v e r s u s t h e l e v e l o f t h e c r i m e , t h e i s s u e s 24 i n v o l v e d h e r e , y o u know, i t w o u l d be o u r r e q u e s t t h a t 25 y o u s u s p e n d t h i s p e n d i n g t h e a p p e a l . I w o u l d t h i n k t h e

1 a p p e a l ' s b e e n f i l e d t h r o u g h o u r o f f i c e . He h a s an 2 a s s i g n e d a t t o r n e y I ' v e s p o k e n t o a number o f o c c a s i o n s . 3 He's p r e p a r e d t o p r o c e e d a n d a l l o f t h a t c a n be w r a p p e d 4 up. 5 And, J u d g e , j u s t one o t h e r t h i n g I want t o 6 n o t e i s b e c a u s e t h i s t r i a l was s u c c e s s f u l , maybe a t 7 t h a t p o i n t i f he h a d t o be i n c a r c e r a t e d t h e d r u g w o u l d 8 be more w i d e l y a v a i l a b l e a n d may be a v a i l a b l e f o r h i m 9 i n t h e j a i l a n d i t j u s t w o u l d seem t o t i e t h i s w h o l e

10 t h i n g and e s p e c i a l l y . J u d g e , g i v e n w e ' r e l o o k i n g a t a 11 p o s s e s s i o n o f m a r i j u a n a c h a r g e . I mean we're n o t , y o u 12 know, t h i s -- h e ' s n o t b e e n c o n v i c t e d o f a c r i m e t h a t 13 r e a l l y makes h i m a s u b s t a n t i a l d a n g e r i n t h i s . And I 14 u n d e r s t a n d , y o u know, some o f t h e t h i n g s t h a t h a p p e n e d . 15 O b v i o u s l y , Mr. F o r c h i o n f e e l s v e r y s t r o n g l y a b o u t 16 m a r i j u a n a , h i s r i g h t t o have i t a n d t h e r i g h t f o r 17 e v e r y o n e t o have i t . And, y o u know, o f c o u r s e t h i n g s 18 h a v e b e e n c h a n g i n g i n t h i s c o u n t r y . We h a v e a number 19 o f s t a t e s t h a t h a v e l e g a l i z e d i t f o r d i f f e r e n t 2 0 p u r p o s e s . 21 THE COURT: We've b e e n down t h a t r o a d . 22 MR. ACKERMAN: I u n d e r s t a n d . I'm n o t 23 a r g u i n g , I'm j u s t t r y i n g t o s a y t h a t t h i n g s a r e i n f l u x 24 r i g h t now and j u s t i n g e n e r a l t h i n g s h a v e b e e n c h a n g i n g 25 a b o u t t h a t and j u s t u n d e r a l l o f t h o s e c i r c u m s t a n c e s i t

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w o u l d seem t h a t i t w o u l d make s e n s e t o s u s p e n d t h i s 2 s e n t e n c e p e n d i n g t h e a p p e a l w h i c h I t h i n k w i l l be 3 r e s o l v e d f a i r l y e x p e d i t i o u s l y . J u d g e , t h e n , y o u know. 4 I ' l l j u s t s a y one o t h e r t h i n g i s t h a t Mr. F o r c h i o n 5 d o e s , y o u know, i s i n t h e k i n d o f c i r c u m s t a n c e s where 6 he n e e d s t o r a i s e t h e money on e a c h o c c a s i o n f o r h i m t o 7 g e t o u t t o C a l i f o r n i a o r b a c k a n d f o r t h b e t w e e n New 8 J e r s e y a n d C a l i f o r n i a t o g e t h i s t r e a t m e n t s a nd, y o u 9 know, i f he were i n c a r c e r a t e d a n d t h e n r e l e a s e d .

10 THE COURT: How d o e s he r a i s e t h e money? 11 MR. ACKERMAN: I b e l i e v e t h a t he d o e s i t 12 t h r o u g h f u n d r a i s i n g t h r o u g h h i s I n t e r n e t s i t e . J u d g e . 13 He d i d h a v e a b u s i n e s s i n C a l i f o r n i a b u t . 14 u n f o r t u n a t e l y , he l o s t t h a t b u s i n e s s a n d s o he, y o u 15 know, he d o e s , he i s an a d v o c a t e o b v i o u s l y f o r h i s 16 p o s i t i o n a n d he h a s s u p p o r t e r s a n d he d o e s o v e r t i m e he 17 r a i s e s t h e money m o s t l y t h r o u g h I t h i n k h i s w e b s i t e ; i s 18 t h a t c o r r e c t ? 19 THE DEFENDANT: Y e s . 20 MR. ACKERMJVN: J u d g e , s o i t ' s a p r e c a r i o u s 21 s i t u a t i o n b u t he h a s b e e n a b l e t o r a i s e t h e money on 22 e a c h o c c a s i o n . J u d g e , s o i t ' s n o t l i k e he h a s a bank o f 23 money a n d j u s t , l e t ' s s a y , go t o j a i l , g e t o u t , h a v e 24 t h e money, go. I t ' s n o t t h a t s i m p l e f o r h i m . So u n d e r 25 a l l t h o s e c i r c u m s t a n c e s , J u d g e , I w i l l n o t e y o u do h a v e

9 1 t h e s c h e d u l e . He i s s c h e d u l e d t h e window o f t i m e t h a t 2 he n e e d s t o go t h i s t i m e I t h i n k i s t h r o u g h t h e 1 7 t h o f 3 S e p t e m b e r ? And s o t h e n y o u s e e t h e s c h e d u l e f o r t h e 4 r e s t o f t h e t i m e . So t o me i t seems w e i g h i n g t h e c a s e , 5 y o u know, w e i g h i n g t h e s e v e r i t y o f t h e c a s e a n d w h a t ' s 6 h a p p e n i n g a nd a l l o w i n g h i m t o c o n t i n u e w o u l d be a good 7 b a l a n c e h e r e . A nd I j u s t u r g e Y o u r H o n o r t o c o n s i d e r 8 t h a t . Thank y o u . 9 THE COURT: May I h a v e a c o p y o f y o u r m o t i o n ?

10 I d o n ' t h a v e i t h e r e on t h e b e n c h . 11 MR. ACKERMAN: Y e s , J u d g e , o f c o u r s e . 12 THE COURT: I ' l l g i v e i t r i g h t b a c k t o y o u . 13 Mr. L u c i a n o . 14 MR. LUCIANO: J u d g e , j u s t b r i e f l y . I'm n o t 15 h e r e t o r e l i t i g a t e t h e c a s e o r t h e r u l i n g s o f t h e 16 C o u r t . I t h i n k t h i s C o u r t h a d b e e n more t h a n 17 r e s p e c t f u l a n d d e f e r e n t i a l t o t h e d e f e n d a n t n o t o n l y 18 d u r i n g t h e t r i a l b u t a l s o i n f a s h i o n i n g i t s s e n t e n c e 19 a n d a r t i c u l a t i n g i t s r e a s o n s f o r t h a t s e n t e n c e . He was 20 s e n t e n c e d o n l y t o p r o b a t i o n w i t h a r e q u i r e m e n t t h a t he 21 s i m p l y r e p o r t a n d t h e n t h e p r o b a t i o n be t r a n s f e r r e d t o 22 C a l i f o r n i a . I t was a s m i n i m a l a s e n t e n c e as t h e C o u r t 23 c o u l d g i v e . And, y e t , a s i s h i s p a t t e r n , as i s h i s 24 wont, t h e d e f e n d a n t e l e c t s t o h o l d h i m s e l f above t h e 25 l a w . He g e t s i n v o l v e d i n t h e s e , I d o n ' t know what

10 1 t h e y ' r e c a l l e d , n e e d l e s s c o n f r o n t a t i o n w i t h t h e l a w . 2 And what I'm s a y i n g t o t h e C o u r t i s a f t e r a l l t h a t , 3 h e ' s v i o l a t e d h i s p r o b a t i o n , h e ' s a d m i t t e d t o t h a t , t h e 4 C o u r t h a s i m p o s e d a s e n t e n c e a n d e v e n t o t h a t e n d t h e 5 C o u r t h a s a t t e m p t e d t o f a s h i o n t h a t s e n t e n c e s o i t 6 a l l o w s h i m t o g e t h i s m e d i c a l t r e a t m e n t . He g e t s a 7 s h o t . J u d g e , i t l o o k s l i k e a c c o r d i n g t o my r e a d i n g 8 a b o u t o n c e a month a n d t h e S t a t e w o u l d a s k t h a t t h e 9 d e f e n d a n t be l o c k e d up. I f y o u ' r e g o i n g t o r e l e a s e h i m

10 f o r h i s t r e a t m e n t a n d he w a n t s t o go b a c k t o 11 C a l i f o r n i a , he c a n do t h a t . 12 As t o h i s a b i l i t y t o r a i s e f u n d s , he 13 c e r t a i n l y seems t o s p e n d a l o t o f t i m e , he h a s 14 c e r t a i n l y e nough e n e r g y , he s h o u l d be a b l e t o r a i s e 15 t h e s e f u n d s . A b o u t o n c e e v e r y c o u p l e weeks I g e t an 16 e - m a i l f r o m Mr. F o r c h i o n w i t h h i m i n f r o n t o f t h e p r e s s 17 o r i n f r o n t o f t h e v i d e o p u s h i n g h i s c a u s e as t o 18 m a r i j u a n a . So, J u d g e , I s i m p l y a s k t h a t t h e m e c h a n i c s 19 o f someone who's v i o l a t e d p r o b a t i o n , h a s i n c u r r e d a 2 0 s e n t e n c e s i m p l y s h o u l d be c a r r i e d t h r o u g h h e r e . 21 THE COURT: A l l r i g h t . The C o u r t h a s b e f o r e 22 i t t h e r e q u e s t o f t h e d e f e n d a n t i n e f f e c t t o s u s p e n d 23 a l m o s t i n d e f i n i t e l y t h e s e r v i c e o f h i s s e n t e n c e b e c a u s e 24 he i s r e c e i v i n g m e d i c a l t r e a t m e n t i n C a l i f o r n i a . The 2 5 C o u r t --

11 1 MR. ACKERMAN: W e l l , J u d g e , j u s t t o make i t 2 c l e a r , we a r e o n l y a s k i n g f o r t h e s u s p e n s i o n p e n d i n g 3 t h e a p p e a l . We u n d e r s t a n d o n c e t h a t ' s o v e r , we're n o t 4 a s k i n g f o r an i n d e f i n i t e s u s p e n s i o n . 5 THE COURT: When t h e a p p e a l may be h e a r d , who 6 knows. May be h e a r d i n t h e n e x t f ew months, i t may be 7 h e a r d i n a y e a r a n d a h a l f a n d t h e n t h e r e w i l l be 8 e i t h e r a r i g h t o f a p p e a l t o t h e Supreme C o u r t o r 9 t h e r e ' l l be p e t i t i o n f o r c e r t i f i c a t i o n . C o u l d go on

10 e n d l e s s l y . The f a c t o f t h e m a t t e r i s t h a t t h e 11 d e f e n d a n t h e r e i s b e f o r e t h e C o u r t c o n v i c t e d o f 12 p o s s e s s i o n o f m a r i j u a n a . I t i s n o t a t e r r i b l y 13 s i g n i f i c a n t o f f e n s e i n t e r m s o f t h e d e g r e e s o f crim.e i n 14 t h i s s t a t e a n d i t i s a v i c t i m l e s s c r i m e . The C o u r t 15 r e c o g n i z e s a l l o f t h a t . A n d t h e C o u r t ' s r e c o g n i t i o n o f 16 t h a t was r e f l e c t e d i n t h e l e n i e n t s e n t e n c e t h a t t h i s 17 C o u r t i m p o s e d . A p r o b a t i o n a r y s e n t e n c e w i t h o u t 18 i n c a r c e r a t i o n a n d t h e C o u r t o r d e r e d i t s t r a n s f e r f o r 19 s u p e r v i s i o n t o Orange C o u n t y , C a l i f o r n i a , b e c a u s e t h e 20 d e f e n d a n t was r e c e i v i n g m e d i c a l t r e a t m e n t i n C a l i f o r n i a 21 a n d was r e q u i r e d t o go on a somewhat r e g u l a r b a s i s f o r 22 t h a t t r e a t m e n t w h i c h a p p a r e n t l y c a n o n l y be r e n d e r e d i n 23 C a l i f o r n i a . The C o u r t t o o k a l l o f t h e t h a t i n t o 24 c o n s i d e r a t i o n . 25 The C o u r t i s now f a c e d w i t h a r e q u e s t t h a t

12 1 the b a l a n c e of t h i s sentence be suspended. The Court 2 when i t sentenced Mr. F o r c h i o n d i d so w i t h the thought 3 i n mind t h a t he had not committed the w o r l d ' s worst 4 o f f e n s e , t h a t he i s not a v i o l e n t p e r s o n and t h a t he 5 needed m e d i c a l treatm.ent. I t r e q u i r e d of Mr. F o r c h i o n 6 o n l y two t h i n g s t h a t he had t o do. W r i t t e n on the v e r y 7 p i e c e of paper which the c l e r k handed him he was t o l d 8 t o go t o another p a r t of t h i s b u i l d i n g and arrange f o r 9 a DNA b u c c a l swab. That t a k e s v e r y l i t t l e t i me.

10 C o m p l e t i n g t h a t , a l l he had t o do was walk a c r o s s the 11 s t r e e t t o 50 Rancocas Road and a r r a n g e f o r p r o b a t i o n 12 s u p e r v i s i o n which would be t r a n s f e r r e d t o C a l i f o r n i a . 13 Mr. F o r c h i o n walked r i g h t out o f the c o u r t h o u s e . He 14 was making h i s own r u l e s a g a i n . He walked out of the 15 c o u r t h o u s e and i t ' s the C o u r t ' s r e c o l l e c t i o n he d i d n ' t 16 go t o C a l i f o r n i a r i g h t away, he went t o P e n n s y l v a n i a . 17 I n any event, a bench wa r r a n t was i s s u e d f o r h i s 18 a r r e s t . 19 Mr. Ackerman makes the argument t h a t i n h i s 20 e x p e r i e n c e people a r e n ' t v i o l a t e d t h a t q u i c k l y . W e l l , 21 a l l t h i s shows i s t h e r e was some e f f i c i e n c y i n the 22 system. He s h o u l d have c o m p l i e d w i t h t h o s e d i r e c t i o n s 23 i m m e d i a t e l y . He was t o l d , he was g i v e n a w r i t t e n 24 n o t i c e . He d i d n ' t do i t . I t was a thumb your nose 25 a t t i t u d e a t the C o u r t .

13 1 The Court today i n d e a l i n g w i t h Mr. F o r c h i o n 2 i s n ' t d e a l i n g w i t h the s i m p l e p o s s e s s i o n of m a r i j u a n a . 3 That i s n ' t what p u t s him here. What p u t s him here i s 4 h i s t o t a l d i s r e g a r d f o r a s i m p l e r u l i n g o f t h i s Court 5 t h a t imposed the most l e n i e n t sentence p o s s i b l e . And 6 the Court h a v i n g done t h a t , he s a i d i n e f f e c t nuts t o 7 the c o u r t system, I'm out of h e r e . Now the Court i s n ' t 8 g o i n g t o put up w i t h t h a t . I t ' s bent o v e r backwards t o 9 accommodate Mr. F o r c h i o n .

10 What the Court w i l l not do i s what i t would 11 not do i n the p a s t . I t w i l l not deny him m e d i c a l 12 t r e a t m e n t . The Court has b e f o r e i t a s c h e d u l e d date 13 f o r - - o r dates f o r m e d i c a l t r e a t m e n t i n C a l i f o r n i a and 14 the Court w i l l e n t e r o r d e r s r e l e a s i n g him f o r a p e r i o d 15 o f 10 days s u r r o u n d i n g each date of t r e a t m e n t so t h a t 16 he can go t o C a l i f o r n i a , get h i s t r e a t m e n t , and he can 17 com.e back and he can keep d o i n g t h a t u n t i l he's s e r v e d 18 h i s time i n the system. He won't be d e n i e d the m e d i c a l 19 t r e a t m e n t . But t h i s Court i s n ' t g o i n g t o g i v e Mr. 20 F o r c h i o n a f r e e pass at t h i s t i m e . T h i s i s not about a 21 p o s s e s s i o n of m a r i j u a n a . T h i s i s about i g n o r i n g a 22 s i m p l e o r d e r of the Court and the Court i s g o i n g t o 23 e n f o r c e i t s o r d e r . That i s the o r d e r o f the Court. 24 Mr. F o r c h i o n i s as the Court understands i t 25 next s c h e d u l e d f o r t r e a t m e n t i n C a l i f o r n i a between

14 1 S e p t e m b e r 11 a n d S e p t e m b e r 17. The C o u r t w i l l d i r e c t 2 t h a t Mr. F o r c h i o n be r e l e a s e d t o d a y . He w i l l n o t have 3 t o r e p o r t u n t i l t h e 2 0 t h o f S e p t e m b e r s o t h a t he c a n go 4 t o C a l i f o r n i a a n d g e t h i s t r e a t m e n t a n d g e t b a c k h e r e 5 a n d h e ' s t o r e p o r t t o t h e c o r r e c t i o n s - - t o t h e j a i l . 6 The C o u r t w i l l t h e n e n t e r an o r d e r g i v i n g h i m s p e c i f i c 7 d a t e s a n d t h a t o r d e r -- w e l l , I was g o i n g t o s a y I ' d 8 f o r w a r d i t t o Mr. A c k e r m a n b u t Mr. F o r c h i o n w o u l d t e l l 9 u s t h a t he d i d n ' t r e c e i v e t h a t s o I g u e s s we're g o i n g

10 t o h a v e t o s e t o u t t h e d a t e s . He w i l l be r e l e a s e d on 11 O c t o b e r 8 t o r e t u r n O c t o b e r 18. T h a t c o v e r s h i s 12 O c t o b e r t r e a t m e n t . He w i l l be r e l e a s e d on November 5 13 t o r e t u r n on November 17. T h a t c o v e r s h i s November 14 t r e a t m e n t . He w i l l be r e l e a s e d o n December 3 t o be 15 r e t u r n e d on December 13. He w i l l be r e l e a s e d on 16 December 29, t o r e t u r n on J a n u a r y 9. 17 MR. ACKERMAN: J u d g e , I'm j u s t w o n d e r i n g a l l 18 t h e s e d a t e s , I mean a t some p o i n t h e ' s g o i n g t o h a v e 19 done e n o u g h o f h i s s e n t e n c e . 2 0 THE COURT: I d o n ' t want t o be b a c k h e r e 21 a g a i n s o i f he c o m p l e t e s i t b e f o r e h a n d , t h e n i t w i l l be 22 a n u l l i t y b u t I'm g o i n g t o s e t f o r t h --2 3 MR. ACKERMAN: A l l r i g h t . Okay. 24 THE COURT: -- t h e d a t e s . 2 5 MR. ACKERMAN: G o t c h a .

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16 1 THE CLERK R e l e a s e d 12/29, r e t u r n 1/9. 2 THE COURT R i g h t . 3 THE CLERK R e l e a s e 1/28, r e t u r n 2/6. 4 THE COURT You h a v e i t . 5 MR. ACKERMAN: J u d g e , h e ' l l h a v e t h a t , t h e 6 c o u r t m i n u t e . Would i t be o k a y i f I d r a f t e d an o r d e r . 7 THE COURT S u r e , b u t I want Mr. F o r c h i o n --8 MR. ACKERMAN: H e ' l l d e f i n i t e l y h a v e t h a t . 9 Now my o t h e r p o i n t I w a n t e d t o make. J u d g e , I i s know

10 y o u ' r e n o t h e r e on F r i d a y s w h i c h i s t h e 2 0 t h . I t m i g h t 11 make s e n s e t o have h i m t u r n h i m s e l f i n t o , l e t ' s s a y . 12 J u d g e C o v e r t . I w i l l be i n t h a t d a y b e c a u s e I t h i n k i f 13 he j u s t g o e s t o t h e j a i l -- i s t h a t a l l r i g h t ? 14 THE COURT Y e s . 15 MR. ACKERMAN: J u d g e , i f I may i n d i c a t e , t u r n 16 h i m s e l f i n b y noon on S e p t e m b e r 2 0 t h , u s u a l l y s h e ' s i n 17 c o u r t i n t h e m o r n i n g . 18 THE COURT Why n o t i n t h e m o r n i n g l i k e 19 e v e r y o n e e l s e ? 20 MR. LUCIANO : J u d g e , I t h i n k I'm f i n i s h e d a l l 21 my m a t t e r s . Thank y o u . 22 THE COURT Thank y o u . 23 THE CLERK J u d g e , I'm s o r r y . R e l e a s e 11/5 24 an d r e t u r n 11/15? 25 THE COURT Y e s .

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1 C E R T I F I C A T I O N 2 3 I , L o i s McFadden, CCR, CRR, L i c e n s e Number 4 X I 0 0 9 0 3 , an O f f i c i a l C o u r t R e p o r t e r i n a n d f o r t h e 5 S t a t e o f New J e r s e y , do h e r e b y c e r t i f y t h e f o r e g o i n g t o 6 be p r e p a r e d i n f u l l c o m p l i a n c e w i t h t h e c u r r e n t 7 T r a n s c r i p t F o r m a t f o r J u d i c i a l P r o c e e d i n g s and i s a 8 t r u e a n d a c c u r a t e c o m p r e s s e d t r a n s c r i p t t o t h e b e s t o f 9 my k n o w l e d g e a n d a b i l i t y .

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