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

[Oxyjen]

Welp, that’s part A ticked off, can’t wait to hear part B.

 

[Sam Losco's Wife]

Always fight for your rights! Your rights as an American citizen are of the utmost importance! The government lied about me, you never know what a cop will bring into your home. I'm innocent!

 

[Tablet County]

He's Rockzo, Esq., the Rock 'n Roll Lawyer.

I'm Doctor Balldo, the Cuck 'n' Bull Lawyer! I do cocaaaaiiinne!

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Nick on Stream: Fuck the government, they're nothing but liers that will plant evidence and give my daughter cocaine!

Nick in Court: OH YES MASSA, I DID IT, I DID IT ALL. PLEASE IZE LOVES YA MISTA GOVMENT!

Just the most lawyer thing possible. LOL

 

[LiquidChrisRespecter]

Yes. According to @Potentially Criminal, if the State gets wind of such proclamations from Nick, the plea deal can be thrown out and Wentzell can order a trial on all the charges. Link to show.

If memory serves, that's exactly what happened to Baked Alaska. You absolutely cannot take a plea deal on the basis that you're actually innocent but the state are just being big meanieheads.

This outcome is extremely funny considering how adamant he was that social services and the police were conspiring to frame him for whatever fucking reason. He relentlessly attacked the integrity of these professionals only to recant and admit the coke stash was indeed coke and did indeed belong entirely to him.

Weak.

 

[Fake News Anchor]

Cracket's anus status:
Gaping

 

[BPD Gunt Rider]

I know I'm late here, but have the kids received any help after all this or are they stuck with these two fuckups like I expected?

 

[East_Clintwood]

So Nick loses his law license for this, right? IIRC lawyers can't keep on practicing if they commit a felony.

It depends, but in general you absolutely can keep your law license, even with a felony. If you're interested you can search my posts in the main Nick thread. I've covered disbarments and other punishments in Minnesota a few times, including sourcing annual disciplinary reports for the last few years.

The tl:dr is that disbarment was incredibly rare and almost exclusively reserved for fucking with clients funds in some way. There were several examples of lawyers with far more severe felonies than Nick who were suspended rather than disbarred.

 

[Stan]

It depends, but in general you absolutely can keep your law license, even with a felony. If you're interested you can search my posts in the main Nick thread. I've covered disbarments and other punishments in Minnesota a few times, including sourcing annual disciplinary reports for the last few years.

The tl:dr is that disbarment was incredibly rare and almost exclusively reserved for fucking with clients funds in some way. There were several examples of lawyers with far more severe felonies than Nick who were suspended rather than disbarred.

It has been my experience that conduct that you'd think ought to get theoretical armchair lawyers disbarred usually won't, even if it's pretty egregious.
Then again, this whole history should be a giant warning not to hire Nick Rekieta to do jack for you.

 

[Potentially Criminal]

Yes. According to @Potentially Criminal, if the State gets wind of such proclamations from Nick, the plea deal can be thrown out and Wentzell can order a trial on all the charges. Link to show.

I don't recall exactly saying that and if it came across that way, I apologize.

If Nick starts running his mouth, it will cause problems at sentencing if the State decides to bring it up, or if Nick can't refrain from coping during his PSI.

 

[joebobmurphy]

Yes. According to @Potentially Criminal, if the State gets wind of such proclamations from Nick, the plea deal can be thrown out and Wentzell can order a trial on all the charges. Link to show.

Thanks for the tip, but I don’t watch law tube anymore for reasons that are probably obvious. In short, they’re all faggots, yes offense.

 

[Thomas Talus]

The main issue with a felony conviction is that you need to go before the Character & Fitness Board (or whatever your local equivalent is called) and convince them that you ought to be allowed to continued to practice.

 

[Potentially Criminal]

Thanks for the tip, but I don’t watch law tube anymore for reasons that are probably obvious. In short, they’re all faggots, yes offense.

You're not lying

 

[Lukie]

@Potentially Criminal Hey I enjoy your show!

I have a question about the plea. I seem to recall he had 26 grams in his possession. Why wasn't he charged with higher than 3rd degree felony possession? 26 grams is certainly significantly enough for personal supply and sales too.

I wasn't sure if he was being sly in front of the judge when he stated more than 10 grams by omitting the quantity.

 

[AssignedEva]

He let his license lapse because he's a lazy junkie but I believe this plea means he will not receive a criminal record.

I can understand a plea bargain meaning he gets reduced charges and so goes down as having a misdemeanour instead of a felony, but is it really possible in the US to plead guilty to a felony and not be charged with any criminal offence?

 

[Autistic Integrity]

So Nick loses his law license for this, right? IIRC lawyers can't keep on practicing if they commit a felony.

nope. criminals make the best lawyers. it is one of the only "professional" professions that you can be a felon.

 

[TurboNAS]

I can understand a plea bargain meaning he gets reduced charges and so goes down as having a misdemeanour instead of a felony, but is it really possible in the US to plead guilty to a felony and not be charged with any criminal offence?

If you’re a first time offender with no past criminal record then the courts will likely try and rehabilitate you with a diversion program. Our jails are full and any time we can turn someone away from there the State benefits.

This means that Rekieta will likely be on probation for a couple years and may have to submit to drug testing during that time and surprise inspections by a parole officer. This is to make sure it was a one time lapse in judgement and not a clear pattern of behavior.

If he gets convicted of another drug crime during his probation period then usually the full sentence that was in abeyance will drop on his shoulders.

 

[Useful_Mistake]

Please find attached the transcript of Nicholas Rekieta's 01/24/2025 Plea Deal Hearing. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the fund.
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It is now available to download from the court as well

 

[m1ddl3m4rch]

It is now available to download from the court as well
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I'm just wondering what you paid for if it's publicly available now. Does the fee provide you the transcript and the public just gets it free also?

I'm not versed in crypto and I'm also pretty skint, so I was not able to contribute to the transcript. I'm not accusing anyone of anything, I didn't even donate. I'm just genuinely curious. Sorry for dumb question if it is; thanks to all who funded. I've donated to the Farms but not in crypto. I'm grateful to all our benefactors, including the funders of transcripts, etc.

edit: thank you @Useful_Mistake for the answer.

 

[Useful_Mistake]

I'm just wondering what you paid for if it's publicly available now. Does the fee provide you the transcript and the public just gets it free also?

Whoever wants a transcript pays for it, and then the transcriber uploads it to the court for anyone to use. If I hadn't paid (and, say, Nick hadn't), there'd be no transcript. It was the same with Kayla transcript. Some states do it differently, where the first person shoulders all the cost, and the others only have to pay copy costs, but Minnesota is not like that.