Garcia’s day

Raul Garcia (FP)

By Maria Bradshaw | Thu, October 11, 2012 - 12:10 AM

IN TWO WEEKS, controversial Cuban national Raul Garcia will face a High Court judge who will determine if his immigration detention will continue or if he should be set free.

Yesterday, Justice Margaret Reifer ruled that Garcia’s lawyers had established a “prima facie” case of unlawful detention and ordered that a writ of habeas corpus be issued directing the Minister Responsible for Immigration and the Chief Immigration Officer “to have the body of the Claimant Raul Garcia” brought before a judge of the Supreme Court on October 24 at 9:30 a.m., in order that the Court may determine whether his detention is lawful or unlawful and whether he should be released.

The order was issued following a two-hour presentation by a team of attorneys at law, including David Comissiong, Paula Jemmott and Ajamu Boardi who had filed the application.

Lead counsel Leslie Haynes, QC, is out of the island.

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Posted by daneale o'neale 8 months, 1 week ago: I wonder how much Fidel or Raul is paying Comissiong and the others that he add for this service,cause Garcia has nothing to pay him i think.maybe he will get pay out the coke deal.i forgot that,it was so long every thing may have run out?