The lawyer for the Occupy Wall Street protester whose Tweets were subpoenaed by the Manhattan district attorney said the protester is ready to plead guilty to his top charge of disorderly conduct in exchange for an agreement that he wouldn’t need to serve more time. Also as part of the plea deal, Malcolm Harris would reserve his right to appeal the rulings in the criminal case, including the finding that he didn’t have standing to challenge subpoenas for his Twitter information, said Harris’ attorney, Martin Stolar. Stolar said the deal is a way “to preserve the issue for appellate review because it is an issue that has such significance in this day and age.”
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino Jr. (See Profile) agreed to the terms of the deal during a bench conference, Stolar said. But a spokeswoman for the district attorney, Joan Vollero, said, “No plea deal has been reached with this office.”
