Overview
- Attorney Lance Lazzaro asked the court to impose home detention, arguing incarceration would be unusually harsh because 6ix9ine is kept segregated and isolated.
- The probation office is recommending three months in prison, while prosecutors have not yet submitted a sentencing recommendation.
- Hernandez admitted violating supervision by possessing cocaine and MDMA and by taking part in a misdemeanor assault at a Florida mall.
- The defense characterized the drugs as small quantities—0.0122 grams of cocaine and five MDMA pills—while noting the altercation caused no serious injuries.
- Prosecutors documented failed drug tests and unauthorized travel; firearms and fentanyl counts were dropped for lack of evidence, and federal guidelines call for three to nine months with final discretion left to the judge.