Overview

• Judge Arun Subramanian set a Thursday hearing to consider legal issues that could shape Combs’ punishment ahead of his Oct. 3 sentencing.
• Combs’ lawyers filed a detailed memo asking for no more than 14 months, citing sobriety, rehabilitation efforts, harsh jail conditions, and dozens of support letters.
• Prosecutors plan to urge a substantially longer prison term, and probation officials have discussed a roughly five-year range, according to recent coverage.
• Combs remains detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after repeated bail denials, including a rejected $50 million package.
• The jury convicted Combs on two Mann Act counts carrying up to 10 years each and acquitted him of racketeering and sex trafficking; the defense is also pressing a motion to set aside the verdict.