This legal document is a court filing from June 30, 2020, which denies a defendant's motion for bail. The court explains that a legal presumption in favor of detention applies, particularly because the defendant was indicted by a grand jury for an offense involving a minor victim, which suffices to establish probable cause. The document clarifies that the defendant bears a limited burden to produce evidence to counter this presumption.
This document is a page from a court order filed on December 30, 2020, in case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN. The Court denies the Defendant's motion for bail, explaining that under the Bail Reform Act (18 U.S.C. ยง 3142), a presumption in favor of detention applies because the Defendant was indicted by a grand jury for an offense involving a minor victim. The document cites case law (Contreras and Jessup) to affirm that an indictment establishes probable cause and places a limited burden on the Defendant to produce evidence to counter the presumption of detention.
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