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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #72 - Discussion Item41 2 a 7-,Av7(114w-e ,fW f 2- /�A- I�CPq2- 16 V42 AN�i>;1.; y�tiGiiAL 1 IaENAG, s �V A , • y IN THE CIRCUIT./ COUNTY COURT OF THE + CASE NUMBER:, ,-A920Q9.75? ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR DADE COUNTY ' PARTIES NOTTFIEDs cfLUDAWt` :: ,. IANUtI t,-.4GNZALEZ GOENACA :. YOU ARE k : EBY AOTI D j AND NUMBERED -CAUSE USE HAS BEEN SET FOR: ' 1 CASE HEARING TYPE TRIAL ON: FM AV QC i1LER 30 ,1992 14: PH COURT ROOK-�N�ORCT�Gn}I+I L, PERRY LOCAIM _, f351 NW 12rH STREET t METPOPOLIIAN JUSTICE BUILDING i MiAMI, FLORIDA i , t 4' t ,, YOUR ,FAILURE TO APPEAR MAY RESULT IN THE'.FORFEITURE . 'YOUR.. BOND: AND/OR' THE 'JSSUANCE; OF .,AN ARREST �A) s bt,«r ..t.`.. - ti ' r • a ,,.•ARRANT +`;;� `(�' 1 r. •' ` ,;F ; t ; 'I�lalil=#. NZAI.E bi�E�laA stii�u.�t,: •�� r �'.L? 'Slkt!1?II:LAt�ilr'.':II�YE; 3 t s. ,..... .. tUFKCRWTAND irniNItMIA' FL DATE MAILED: !008/92 FOR ADDITIONAL. INFORMATION o PHONE. i 3©5 5i7=° • t�t�-•i :w* : NOTICE OF COURT APPEARANCE cm 40 11 Y left WALTER G. LATIMER, p.A. µa 800 East Cypress Creek Road, Suite 303 Port Lauderdale, Florida 33334 /I (305) 491-5995 anuel Gonzalez Goena9 a te: 09/30/92 227 Santillane Avenue Client: 30 Apartment 3 Matter: 1 Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Billing Month: September PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED HOURS 08/04/92 Trial order received and reviewed, 0.25 correspondence to client 08/04/92 Prepare subpoenae for service, confirm 0.25 with clerk for deposition room times 08/04/92 Brief meeting with client 0.25 08/04/92 Receipt and review of correspondence 0.25 from client to Mayor Suarez 08/05/92 Call to Metro Justice Building 0.25 Administration to schedule depositions 08/05/92 Depositions of all other witnesses 1.25 scheduled, depostion room reserved, sub- poenas issued, notice of taking 08/05/92 depositions drafted, process server 0.00 called, checks cut 08/05/92 Call to Charles Johnson, ASA 0.25 08/10/92 Receipt and review of 10 affidavits of 0.25 08/10/92 service Call to rush subpoena re: sufficiency of 0.25 service on Valls and Valls, Jr. 08/11/92 Call to Charles Johnson 0.25 08/11/92 Meeting with client preparing for 0.75 depositions 08/11/92 Call from Robert Lithman, attorney for 0.25 - Valls, reschedule Valls depositions 08/12/92 View of crime scene 0.75 08/12/92 Travel to and attendance at depositions 4.50 of Enrique Ferriero, Carlos Perez and Alfredo Breton 69/12/92 Receipt and review of return of subpoe- 0.25 nae for Officer Gomez and Mercy Castillo 08/13/92 Call to Miami Police, personnel 0.25 department, legal 08/13/92 Receipt and review of affidavit of 0.25 service (2) 08/13/92 Call from client, call from Carlos 0.25 Gonzalez 08/14/92 Meeting with client 0.50 92- 750*1 , page: 2 Manuel Gonzalez Goenaga billing Date: 09/30/92. 227 Santillane Avenue Client: 30 Apartment 3 Matters 1 Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Billing Month: September PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED HOURS 08/17/92 Call to court, preparation of notice 0.25 of hearing 09/17/92 Call to Charles Johnson re: hearing 0.25 08/17/92 Travel to and attendance at depositions 3.25 of Valls and Valls, Jr., brief meeting with client, review of newspaper article 08/17/92 Draft of motion to compel; alternatively 0.50 motion for sanctions 08/17/92 Call to Charles Johnson, call from 0.25 client 08/18/92 Call from court re: deposition 0.25 08/18/92 Call to court reporter re: deposition 0.25 transcripts 08/18/92 Travel to and attendance at hearing on 2.50 motion to compel; attenatively, for sanctions 08/20/92 Travel to courthouse for depositions of 3.50 . Llanes, Alberto and Rodriguez (St. Serim - no show) 08/20/92 Brief meeting with client 0.25 08/20/92 Travel to courthouse for depositions of 3.00 Gomez, Castillo and Taylor 08/21/92 Meeting with client 1.50 08/31/92 Call to Judge re: court date, letter 0.25 to client 08/31/92 Call to Secretary of State requesting 0.25 photos 08/31/92 Prepare motion to compel attendance of 0.25 witnesses at deposition and motion to compel discovery 09/01/92 Prepare notice of hearing on motion to 0.25 compel attendance of witness and to compel compliance with demand for 09/01/92 discovery, receipt and review of 0.00 correspondence from client 09/01/92 Call from Judge Sorondo 0.25 09/02/92 Call to Inman re: transcript 0.25 09/04/92 Attendance at hearing on motion to 2.75 compel compliance with discovery, meeting with ASA 09/08/92 Meeting with client 0.25 09/09/92 Call to Charles Johnson re: Social 0.25 Security Number of Valls and time for deposition of St. Surim 09/10/92 Attendance at court -ordered report 2.00 hearing, charges reduced �0 ME Y jL H �a Manuel oontalez ooenaga 227 3antillane Avenue Apartment 3 Coral Gables, Florida 33134 09/10/92 09/10/92 09/14/92 09/14/92 09/16/92 09/16/92 09/17/92 09/17/92 09/18/92 09/18/92 09/22/92 08/04/92 08/04/92 08/04/92 08/05/92 08/05/92 08/05/92 08/05/92 08/11/_92 08/13/92 08/17/92 08/17/92 08/17/92 09/01/92 09/10/92 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED Review of deposition transcript of Officers Llanes, Alberto and Detective Rodriguez, with notes by client Correspondence to Charles Johnson re: Valls social security number and St. Surim deposition Receipt and review of new documents from client Call to court reporter re: waivers Receipt and Review of 3 notices of hea- ring Receipt and Review of CNA re: Dubionel St. Surin Call from Mercy Castillo Correspondence to Charles Johnson Call to Judge Sorendo re: trial notice Call clerk re: status in county court Meeting with client, draft of status report at client's request TOTAL SERVICES: EXPENSES Service of subpoenae (5 @ 15.00) issuance of subpoenae (5 @ 1.00) Copies (26 @ 0.25) copies (28 @ 0.25) Issuance of subpoenae (7 @ 1.00) Service of subpoenae (7 @ 15.00) Witness fees (7 @ 7.00) Copies (15 @ 0.25) Cellular air time - 20 minutes (20 @ 1.00) Photocopies (8 @ 0.25) Postage Cellular air time (3 @ 1.00) Deposition and transcripts taken on 08-12-92, 08-17-92 Fax to Charles Johnson (1 @ 1.00) TOTAL EXPENSES: Billing Date: 09/30/92. Client: 30 Matter:. 1 Billing Month: September HOURS 1.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.50 37.75 5,627.50 AMOUNT 75.00 5.00 6.50 7.00 7.00 105.00 49.00 3.75 20.00 2.00 0.58 3.00 555.00 1.00 839.83 V 2w 750* 1 ' Page: 4 Manuel Gonzalez Goenaga Billing Date: 09/30/92, 227 Santillane Avenue Client: 30 Apartment 3 Matteri 1 Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Billing Month: September r� W l►Y wi. �4. +. a.r i. �:�ww rii rr r.. 4n ..—.. —r � .. ww r�..r— —r r ��I+yrrww— PAYMENTS RECEIVED AMOUNT 08/17/92 Thank you 3,800.00 TOTAL PAYMENTS: 3,800.00 SERVICES EXPENSES Previous Balance: 1,372.50 10.00 Plus New Charges: 5,627.50 839.83 Subtotal: 7,000.00 849.83 Less Payments: 3,800.00 0.00 New Balance: 3,200.00 849.83 *** PAY THIS AMOUNT *** 4,049.83 Aged Balances Under 30 Over 30 Over 60 Over 9( Balance for Services 3,200.00 0.00 0.00 0.0( Balance for Expenses 839.83 0.00 10.00 0.0( ---------------------- Time and Charges Analysis ----------------------- Hours Charges Hours Charges EH 0.25 18.75 ERH 0.25 21.21 WL 37.25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5,587.50 A jury consists of 12 persons chosen to de- cide who has the better lawyer. Lit obert Frost A lawyer Is a learned gentleman who res. cues your estate from your enemies and ketps it himself. Lord lienryBrougham All law has for its object to confirm and ex- alt into a system the exploitation of the workers by a ruling class. #fitt t�°'�ltiS�B Apologists for the pe d t a �al�tttt!`t lawyers are as hones t ,, jj is not very eneouragio� .3'l Every once in a while you meet a fellow in some honorable walk of life that was once admitted tothe bar. Kim Xubbard God has not given laws to make out of right wrong, as the un-Christianlike lawyers do. who study law only for the sake of gain and profit. - Martin Luther God works wonders now and then; Be- hold! a lawyer, an honest man. a Bert jamin Franklin He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met. Abraham Lincoln Jobout 6fellow/awyerj How in God's name could so many lawyers get involved in something like this7 John Dean l don't want a lawyer to tell me what I can- not do; I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do. J.P. Morgan I question not but there are many attorneys born with open and honest hearts; but I know not one that has had the least practice who is not selfish, 'trickish, and disin- genuous. ' William Shenstone l shaU not rest until every German sees that it is a shameful thing to be a lawyer. Ado(fNiller 1 think the law is really a humbug, and a benefit principally to the lawyers. NenryDavid Thoreau 1 think v►�-may'class the lawyers in_thc na- turalhistoryofmonsters. - -_ John Keats l used to be a lawyer. but now I am a re- formed character. Woodrow It?lson An Insulting Look At Lawyers :heyp*---rough ctioa yvjth 1r n �e Ages Matty Hirai CitbjPKupferberg 1 find no pleasure in saying that the major- ity of lawyers who appear in court are so poorly trained that they are not properly performing their job and that their man- ners and their professional performance and their professional ethics offend a great manypeople. . �, Warren Burger I wanted to make it a law that only those lawyers and attorneys should receive fees who had won their cases. How much Utiga- tion would have been prevented by such a measure. Napoleon Bonaparte I would be loathe to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it. but I am afraid he is an attorney. Somme/Johnson It is a horrible demoralizing thing to be a lawyer. You look for such low motives in everyone and everything. Katherine T. Xinkson It is a secret worth knowing that lawyers rarely go to law themselves. .. Moses Cro"it It isn't the bad lawyers who are screwing up the justice system in this country —it's the good lawyers. If you have two competent lawyers on opposite sides. a trial that should take three days could easily last six months. Art Buchwald Lawyering is within the relatively narrow category of occupations where borderline dishonesty is fairly lucrative. In many in- stances. the _v'cry an of the lawyer is a sort of calculated diuegard of the law or at )east of ordinary notioris of morality.. _ - - Schnopper Lawyers have been known to wrest from re- luctant juries triumphant verdicts of ae- �ultial for their clients, evil wh � u often happens, were cle .stakablyinnocemt. Okvr "Wde Lawyers make a living out of trying to figure out what other lawyers have written. Will Raters Lawyers use the law as shoemaker use leather; rubbing it. pressing it, and stretch. ing it with their teeth, all to the end of mak- ing it fit their purposes. 0 LouisXll Most lawyers who win a case advise their clients that "We have won." And when justice has frowned upon their cause that "You have lost." Louis Niter The law, in its majestic equality. forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges. to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. AnotoleFrance The law is a ass. ' CharlesDickens The lawyers know they we liars; they know they are known to be liars; and they feel it no disgrace to constantly practice false- hood and false pretense. From among these men we select our judges. Ed ward Willis Scripps The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months; if it were not for this penalty the jurywould never hear the evidence. H.L.Afencken They call it the Halls of Justice because the onlyplace you get justiceisin the halls. Lenny Bruce (Referring to Congress) That 150 lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected. Thomas JS fjerson When there's a rift in the lute, the business of the lawyer is to widen the rift and Father the loot. Arthur Garfield Noys Whyis there always a secret singing When a lawyer cashes in? Why does a hearse horse snicker Hauling a lawyer away? Carl Sandburg Woe unto yr Am. iawwml-For ye -lade men with burdens IyF-M- 3bebatn, and ye yourselves touch notUie- ardent with one of your lifi k 9 - Tuli Kupfe'rbers is a surrh!Or Of the now- defunctFutrsrock bond 1c; a!m DO 1 )uric Donor --OctobetIND%tmbet 1976 12A THE MIAMI HEAAI,A WEDNESDAY, AUgUST 12, 2 iI11 0 JOHIN S. KNIGHT (1894•1981) JAMES L. KNIGHT (1909-1990 DA,VID LAWRENCE JR., Publisher and Chairman ROBERTO SUAREZ President JIM HAMPTON Editor DOUGLAS C. CLWTON Executive Editor MARTHA MUSGROVE and TONY PROSCIO FETE WEITZEL Associate Editors Managing Editor `Blunt trauma,' blunt issues N ff ULLY, Miami police said that Fer- min Alameda was drunk,* obstructing firefighters, and arrested. End of story. Then a witness began filling in some dis- turbing blanks. Now Dade's independent medical examiner has added frightening • detail: Mr. Alameda, 63, was drunk but he bled to death from a ruptured liver. A troubling pattern of excessive force by Miami police appears to be emerging. Police Chief Calvin Ross must use all of his power, training, and leadership to halt it. Certainly Chief Ross must be held account' able for the tactics that his officers use. Miami and Wynwood lost a helpful friend and law-abiding neighbor in Mr. Alameda. Many Wynwood residents still seethe with anger over the acquittal of six Miami offi- cers in the beating death of a drug dealer. Their calm is welcome. Sadly, the circumstances of Mr. Alame- da's death are also reminiscent of a January incident that left Antonio Edwards coma- tose. Mr. Edwards too was handcuffed when the arresting officer used a choke hold to further subdue him. Equally chilling, when officers sought treatment for Mr. Edwards they lied to hospital emergency personnel, suggesting their prisoner was suffering from a cocaine overdose. A fed- eral grand jury has declined to indict, but the Miami Police Department investigation still goes on - and on and on. The delay is unacceptable; it breeds suspicion. Chief Ross quickly promised a thorough investigation of Mr. Alameda's death. That's good. Investigation is well war- ranted. So too is, a timely conclusion. Sixty days should be ample. Otherwise, Miami's many concerned residents will have one more reason to believe in cover-up conspir- acies and one less reason to believe its police are committed to justice and commu- nity protection. Submitted into the PL__.:: record in ccnnecdcn v i h itemon 11112 .Z . atty Iiirai City Clerk 92- '750.1 _ ��lA\®11!®\li®I\!I\41�I IIIIY.NINP..11 \IIIR \-11 11611 _ _ eunmu��wlR�C�E� i D record in connection with DOMINGO 16 DE AGOSTO DE 1992 / EL NUEVO HERALD itemon I 1 2.0 INatry Hirai Protesttrpzlcifica en Wynwood Por ANA E. SANTIAGO Redaetora de El Nuevo Herald Wynwood pidib justicia el sabado a la Ciudad de Miami. "iJusticia ahora!", gritaron al unisono mas de 200 vecinos del barrio mayormente puertorri- queno que realizaron una marcha por la Avenida 2 del NW hasta el parque Roberto Clemente Para protestar por la muerte de Fermin Alameda a manos de la policia la semana pasada. "Aqui los policias to tratan a uno Como un delincuente. Ense- guida preguntan que cuantas cer- vezas se han tornado", dijo Luis Cintrbn, que conocia a Alameda 3esde hacia 25 anos. %Qud clase de policias golpean 3 personas hasta la muerte?". pre- ;untd a la multitud Manuel Gon- zalez, puertorriqueno de 54 anos jue vino desde Coral Gables Para !star con sus compatriotas. Alameda, residente de Wyn- vood, murid el pasado domingo. Asa noche se habia desatado un ncendio en Liliana's Mini Mail. in negocio a la vuelta de su Casa .n la Calle 39 del NW en Wyn- vood. Segun agentes del Daparta- nento de Policia de Miami. Ala- neda fue arrestado bajo cargos de onducta desordenada y resisten- ia al arresto por obstaculizar a :)s bomberos que trataban de ofocar el fuego. Al tratar de ominar a Alameda, quien se abia embriagado celebrando su 3 cumpleanos, el agente Emilio 6pez le presiond con la rodilla :)bre la espalda, panidndole las :)stillas y causandole la ruptura del higado. El m6dico forense determinb mas tarde que eso le ocasiond la muerte. El abogado de Lopez ha califi- cado la muerte Como accidental. Lopez ha lido suspendido de su trabajo con sueldo mientras se realiza una investigacibn. . Los familiares de Alameda no asistieron a la manifestacidn. "Todavia es muy dificil Para ellos comprender to que ha ocu- rrido", dijo Wanda Gonzalez, una de las organizadoras. A su alrede- dor decenas de jbvenes sostenian pancartas de protesta. Las Pare- des de muchos establecimiento mostraban graffiti con mensajes Como "Queremos justicia Para nuestros hermanos puertorrique- nos". Durante varios minutos de marcha muchos de los participan- tes mostraron su frustacibn J comenzaron a gritar "Asesino' , "Maten a esos policias". Pero los -animos pronto se calmaron. "Llevamos dias hablando a los jdvenes Para que se mantenga la calma en el area, nadie quiere vio- lencia, solo un trato justo", explicb Cintrbn. Los residentes opinan que no hay respeto por pane de los agen- tes de policia hacia ellos, que la brutalidad policial es evidente, y que continuaran llamando la atencidn de la comunidad con eventos Como esta concentracidn Para conseguir el respeto de las autoridades. "Seguiremos luchando hasta que se acabe la brutalidad poli- cial", dijo Gonzalez, "Esto no ter - mina aqui". C. M. GUERRERO / El Nuevo Herald La protesta ilegb al Parque Roberto Clemente. 9h- 750.1 Submitted into the publ. record in connection with ()CAL item on 11 1 t/y L je Miami Hermb Matty Hirai City Clerk SECTION , SUNDAY, r AUGUST 16,1992 F• SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1992, THE MIAMI HERALD 3 C.M. OUERMERo / Miami Herald seal :ALLYING FOR JUSTICt: Over 200 residents march Saturday at Roberto Clemente Park protesting the death of Fermin Alameda. Wynwood: `Treat us like humans' cit, OUBMI111110 r rdtami HK.a Stan iA FALLEN: Reynaldo Santos,19, displays the sametls of Dade victims of police brutality. By ANTHONY FAIOLA Herald staff Wrtter Shouts of anger, words of rage and, more than anything, questions of why Fermin Alameda lies dead, resounded through Wynwood Saturday. More than 200 protesters marched down Northwest Second Avenue wav- ing Puerto Rican flags and chanting anti -police brutality slogans. Demon- strators gathered at S p.m. in front of the Liliana Mini Market, 3814 NW Second Ave. — the spot where 63- year-old Alameda died Aug. 9 aner he was arrested by Miami policeman Emi- lio Lopez_ "Police don't seem to look at Puerto Ricans and blacks the same way they look at other people in this town," said Lisa Pacheco, a 20-year Wynwood resi- dent and a friend of the Alameda fam- ily. "We want to see a change in the way the police treat us. We want an end to police brutality." Protesters waved banners in English and Spanish that read "We want �us- tice" and "Treat us like humans.' A small boy held a poster asking, "Mow many more have to die until this stop Amon ,gg the many cries from the crowd: "Jail the killer cop." Officer Lopez subdued Alameda, who had becu drinking heavily, outside the mini -market, which was ablaze. Police said Alameda, who could often be found guarding nearby houses and businesses for the neighborhood's Crime Watch, was interfering with fire, - fighters' attempts to douw the flames. Lopez and a fellow officer, John Col- lins, who was also at the arrest scene, have been suspended with pay while the investigation into Alameda's death continues. Wanda Gonzalez, a neighborhood resident and the key organizer of the rally, said the Alameda family was too upset over the incident to attend the demonstration, but added that the fam- ily supported the effort. "We demand respect," said Gonza- lez, adding that the protest was co- sponsored by neighborhood residents and the Puerto Rican Positive Task Force, which formed after the 1989 beating death in Wynwood of Leo- nardo Mercado at the hands of police. "The police don't know anything about this community and they don't seem to care. We need to pressure them into change" The demonstration ended with a candlelight vigil in Roberto Clemente Park. Although most of the protesters were Puerto Ricans from Wynwood, civic activists from outside the neighbor- hood and representatives from area political groups also joined the ranks. Also in the crowd were six Miami police officers who were there to do more than keep the peace. They wanted to start mending some fences, too. "I grew up in this neighborhood, and f know most of these "Mi e by their first names," said Sody White. "I'm out here to show these p who we are, to communicate with them and to them rcthal +pvt bad guys.