State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Rekieta, Kayla Rekieta, April Imholte

[KMFDM Sucks]

RE All the discussion about distribution/intent to distribute: Could he avoid that by attempting to claim it was all purchased/shared equally for personal use? Or is joint ownership also a form of dealing?

 

[Diabeetus69]

RE All the discussion about distribution/intent to distribute: Could he avoid that by attempting to claim it was all purchased/shared equally for personal use? Or is joint ownership also a form of dealing?

It doesn't really have anything to do with "ownership". It's more about the fact that it was divided up into multiple sealed and unsealed bags and intermingled with the "tools of distribution", such as the scales and the bag sealers. You don't really need scales unless you are the one breaking up a pound into 16 one ounce bags to be sold separately. At least, that is the argument the courts make to justify the tacking on of the "intent to distribute" charge.

 

[Kosher Salt]

Alternatively, 1st degree possession can be met if it's 25 grams or more of meth or cocaine and the substance is proven to be cut with fentanyl or heroin. If you test the cocaine it is almost guaranteed to be cut with fentanyl.

The field tests would've indicated presence of fentanyl.

 

[Gehenna]

The field tests would've indicated presence of fentanyl.

I am not a cop but I thought their field tests were this color swatch chart. It would show a color closest to its primary ingredient, no? So cut in fentynal would need to be determined at the lab.

 

[The Sloth Father]

Ok, I keep seeing y'all not understand basic pharmacology. If it was cut with fent the kid would be dead, and the metabolites for opioids would have been found as well in the hair test since it was a 5 panel analysis, and probably the cuck quartet as well. Fent is exceptionally strong and y'all keep throwing it out flippantly like it's not 50x more potent than heroin. The main drug that is used to cut cocaine is called Levamisole, it's a dewormer. Cutting with fent or heroin would be stupid anyway because that's product that itself could be cut and sold, so there's no reason to use other street drugs as cut because you can make more by cutting them as well. The reason Levamisole is used by the way is because when ground it has a very similar consistency to cocaine so it's more likely that the buyer won't be able to tell it's been highly cut.

 

[A Cardboard Box]

The field tests would've indicated presence of fentanyl.

Not necessarily.

 

[Kosher Salt]

I am not a cop but I thought their field tests were this color swatch chart. It would show a color closest to its primary ingredient, no? So cut in fentynal would need to be determined at the lab.

Not necessarily.

Fentanyl test strips can be used by either cops or drug users to easily and quickly field test for the presence of fentanyl specifically. And if you're doing drugs from dubious sources and not using fentanyl test strips to confirm that they're not laced, you're rolling the dice.

Minnesota Dept. of Health even recommends them as "one ‘tool’ in the ‘toolbox’ of effective drug overdose prevention strategies". Like, obviously, don't do drugs, but if you do, test them first...

 

[Botchy Galoop]

The reason Levamisole is used by the way is because when ground it has a very similar consistency to cocaine so it's more likely that the buyer won't be able to tell it's been highly cut.

huh. In my day the most popular cut was Mannitol or Inositol. The more things change...

 

[DiabeticSydePhil]

I feel like Nick believes he can't take a plea because it would be admitting guilt, which means that he will forever and always be 'the balldo guy who ruined his life with cuck swinging and gave coke to his kid'.

Which, to be clear, he already is. But in HIS mind, only being found innocent or having the case thrown out means it 'never happened' and anyone who reminds him is a hater, so I can't see a way he won't fight this tooth and nail unless it gets more dire.

It's only a matter of time until they find him with coke again, surely. Even with a deferred sentence he'll have to submit to random drug testing, right?

 

[Lubby Smith]

Nick never even had the balls to go to trial as a lawyer. (He said he would pass off cases that went beyond motions and pleas. How embarrassing!) There's no way he grows the balls to do it as a defendant, especially not in an open-and-shut possession case.

He's no different than any other tough talking criminal who says they'll "take it to the box" but pussy out and take a plea.

 

[DiabeticSydePhil]

He's no different than any other tough talking criminal who says they'll "take it to the box" but pussy out and take a plea.

Most criminals know they're cooked and accept that the plea deal is their best chance at getting the minimum consequences of their actions, but they're getting consequences no matter what.

I feel like Nick lacks the willingness or even ability to realize he's fucked and that the plea deal is probably his best bet.

Even then, the recommended sentencing seems to be a relative slap on the wrist, so in Nick's mind maybe he's convinced the state really is out to get him and he wants to prove to everyone he's fighting it (unlike the cps case) because it's still gonna be a deferred or whatever sentence.

There's not really currently an incentive for him to take a plea unless it totally wipes a charge or two, but there's no reason to offer that.

 

[AnOminous]

Nick never even had the balls to go to trial as a lawyer. (He said he would pass off cases that went beyond motions and pleas. How embarrassing!) There's no way he grows the balls to do it as a defendant, especially not in an open-and-shut possession case.

That's because he doesn't give a shit about anyone else but himself. It was pure laziness. Even if you almost always plead out you want to be known as someone who actually could take a case to trial, otherwise your negotiating position is shit. What would a prosecutor offer him as a deal? Would they be intimidate? "What are you going to do, faggot, take this to trial? We both know you don't do that."

But when it's his interests involved, he wants the best money can buy.

If he's lucky he'll get a lawyer who can actually tard wrangle him.

 

[Napoleon III]

I will say two things I don't think I've seen anywhere else. One is there is at least one but probably a whole bunch of people looking out for Nick's kids. The fact this test was leaked suggests to me someone is doing shenanigans behind the scenes on behalf of the kids.

We think Nick is a eceleb and so the leak must be due to that, but I'm not entirely sure. Leaking documents in a way that it can't be traced back to you definitively is a very bureaucratic tactic. I don't know the specific tactical reason, but someone who cared about these kids would easily break these kinds of rules. It could be part of convincing the prosecutor to do x or to do y.

This is cause to rejoice. Sometimes all kids need is one adult that actually loves them and looks out for them and they can make it out of anything. Their lives won't be easy, but they can make it. If enough people are working behind the scenes in order to make it happen, then they'll get what they need.


Second interesting thing I thought of is that this case may not go anything like any cases previously. Historical data is good if what you are looking at is like history. But with Nick's kids, and how Nick has acted this court may act unusual with a different agenda in mind.



Nick is a lawyer and courts have an interest in severely punishing lawyers who commit crimes, the court and the prosecution might be more interested in protecting his children than the pattern this case fits into, and finally Nick is somewhat hated by the people in his local court. All of this can wildly change how this goes.

Ok, I keep seeing y'all not understand basic pharmacology.

Part of this is due to the expanded nature of the discussion which makes it hard for people to read what people have said in the past, part of this is due to people just speculating because they have nothing else to do in this case.

Legal cases on the site tend to have the problem of devolving into speculation whenever nothing is happening.

It's a natural part of this subsection of the forum IMO.

I am guilty of it as well.

 

[macrodegenerate]

Most criminals know they're cooked and accept that the plea deal is their best chance at getting the minimum consequences of their actions, but they're getting consequences no matter what.

I feel like Nick lacks the willingness or even ability to realize he's fucked and that the plea deal is probably his best bet.

Even then, the recommended sentencing seems to be a relative slap on the wrist, so in Nick's mind maybe he's convinced the state really is out to get him and he wants to prove to everyone he's fighting it (unlike the cps case) because it's still gonna be a deferred or whatever sentence.

There's not really currently an incentive for him to take a plea unless it totally wipes a charge or two, but there's no reason to offer that.

So here's the thing. I'm not a judge or a lawyer, but I am a person who has held a job at some point. If a person came up to me and told me that my job was meaningless and that I had no power over them, It would affect the way I served them.

When Nick goes online and acts like this, that's the message everyone handling his case is getting. That's a dangerous game to play even if signs point to him only getting a slap on the wrist.

Now that it's confirmed, I think the document involving the drug test did come from an inside source. It makes little to no sense for some random guy to walk into a courthouse and access a public terminal for documents on a CPS case nobody is aware of. Much less risk pulling their phone out and taking pictures of the screen.

There's no grand conspiracy against Nick. Just a bunch of professionals held to standards Nick is aware of but intentionally chooses to ignore and disrespects. The problem is he can't see the bad will he is stoking by doing that, and that could be disaterous for the outcome of his case.

 

[EgyptianTraveler]

One is there is at least one but probably a whole bunch of people looking out for Nick's kids. The fact this test was leaked suggests to me someone is doing shenanigans behind the scenes on behalf of the kids.

We think Nick is a eceleb and so the leak must be due to that, but I'm not entirely sure. Leaking documents in a way that it can't be traced back to you definitively is a very bureaucratic tactic. I don't know the specific tactical reason, but someone who cared about these kids would easily break these kinds of rules. It could be part of convincing the prosecutor to do x or to do y.

What's probably worthy of note is that it doesn't matter who, where, or what, there's always going to be some dumb cunt officer of the court or donut muncher on the local force who'll exist to do nothing but serve the press their latest scoop. Mainstream media has been getting off on doxing normies for pointless shit for half a century by this point. The "lets protect the media. lmao look we have guerrilla press during wartimes" fantasy idea of the press died a long time ago. Thinking baldo is special might be wishful thinking. In terms of lolcows and other ecelebs, Mark / Count Danklua constantly speaks on how the press turned up to his house before and during his arrest, despite being a nobody with no media attention.

 

[Kosher Salt]

This is cause to rejoice. Sometimes all kids need is one adult that actually loves them and looks out for them and they can make it out of anything. Their lives won't be easy, but they can make it. If enough people are working behind the scenes in order to make it happen, then they'll get what they need.

Those kids have grandparents, they don't need any county employees subverting the CPS legal process because they think it will somehow benefit the kids.

Now that it's confirmed, I think the document involving the drug test did come from an inside source. It makes little to no sense for some random guy to walk into a courthouse and access a public terminal for documents on a CPS case nobody is aware of. Much less risk pulling their phone out and taking pictures of the screen.

I agree, I think it came from inside. I never bought the whole "uh, I just found it on a public terminal" excuse given by the leaker, it sounds very convenient.

 

[$5.3 Million Dollars]

One is there is at least one but probably a whole bunch of people looking out for Nick's kids. The fact this test was leaked suggests to me someone is doing shenanigans behind the scenes on behalf of the kids.

We think Nick is a eceleb and so the leak must be due to that, but I'm not entirely sure. Leaking documents in a way that it can't be traced back to you definitively is a very bureaucratic tactic.

This is becoming a very bad game of telephone, no actual 'test' was 'leaked' and this needs to be made very clear apparently. We have a public document regarding an Emergency Child Protective Order, and the only reason one could consider it a leak is that it is (very likely) against that court/governments rules to copy and transmit that data electronically.

Its in the same vein of someone putting their entire address on social media and then claiming to be doxed when someone here screenshots and posts it because they didn't give permission for it to be copied, the main difference being is that Uncle Sam can club you if it turns out to be an actual offense to do that rather than something you'd just get scolded over. This is an important distinction to make as an actual test would likely contain much more detailed information and an actual leak would suggest Nick managing to piss off someone with actual access to his private files.

I hope you're right and that the kids do have people looking out for them, and I do believe to an extent that is the case, but any adult with access to that courthouse can theoretically do the same thing. I'm also going to heavily doubt that the first thing someone actually working there would do is to upload the files to Kiwifarms, if its a small community you'd expect that on local social media like Facebook or it getting plastered to the local telephone poles.

 

[DavidS877]

(very likely) against that court/governments rules to copy and transmit that data electronically.

For values of "very likely" to encompass totally legal.

Subd. 3.Access to Juvenile Protection Case Records by Public, Parties, and Participants.​

(a) Public. The public shall have access to inspect and copy all juvenile protection case records in the court file, except those listed in subdivision 2(a)-(p) and subdivision 4 of this rule.

a-p are things like medical records, sexual abuse, names of foster parents, etc.
Interestingly, the names of the children are not restricted unless its part of sexual abuse.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/court_rules/ju/subtype/rjpp/id/8/#8.04

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

Any updates regarding the bodycam footage?

 

[Useful_Mistake]

Any updates regarding the bodycam footage?

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/nicholas-robert-rekieta-rekieta-law-nickrekieta.53871/post-18671495

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/nicholas-robert-rekieta-rekieta-law-nickrekieta.53871/post-18673177

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/nicholas-robert-rekieta-rekieta-law-nickrekieta.53871/post-18673715