Carl Irace, an East Hampton attorney who is also a Sag Harbor Village Court Justice, is in a Manhattan federal court today to argue an appeal of a case involving “distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death.”
The matter is being heard in the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse in Lower Manhattan before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The defendant, James Tunstall, was found guilty of the charge in February 2023 and was sentenced to a term of 30 years in prison.
On his behalf, Mr. Irace will cite the Eighth Amendment’s protections against “excessive punishment” and “deprivation of due process.”