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Judge Requests Written Motion Before Deciding On New Release Stipulations 

Parties debated taking a domestic violence defendant off of GPS monitoring during the case’s most recent hearing.

The defendant, who appeared in court remotely for the Feb. 3 proceedings, is charged with kidnapping. He faces the same charge in Prince Georges County, Md. Because of this, he is currently wearing two GPS monitors.

Defense attorney Sylvia Smith asked for the GPS to be removed. However, the prosecutor objected to this saying that if the Maryland court system also decided to take him off GPS monitoring the government would not be able to track him. The bodies in charge of pretrial supervision for the two states reportedly do not share this information.

DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan told Smith he will rule on a written motion once she files one.

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