| As Narcotics
Trial Spans Bronx to NJ Shannon Won't
Testify So Evidence Closes, 1 Juror Out
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 12 –
Robert Shannon is on trial for
drugs and guns. He has been in
Essex County Corrections
Facility.
On March
29, 2021U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge John P. Cronan
held a proceeding on Shannon.
Inner City Press covered it.
On the
question of discovery, the
defense lawyer said he was
getting a bigger thumb drive
or hard drive, but that review
of the discovery in the Essex
jail's law library was
difficult.
Shannon spoke for
himself as to the limitation.
On March
31, 2021Judge Cronan held a
proceeding on co-defendant
Kareem Roderique. There was
more talk about hard drives
for discovery.
Jump cut to
August 9, 2022, when Judge
Cronan was presiding over the
trial. Shannon's lawyer was
question the supervising Agent
who arrested cooperator Ken
Johnson, described as a big
fish who raised $185,000 in a
week. Once arrested, and in
handcuffs, he started naming
names. But Shannon's name
didn't appear in the group
chat until 38 minutes in, his
lawyer pointed out.
On August 11, Ken
Johnson was on the witness
stand. He was shown video of
his wife carting a big
suitcase into her car -
leased, he pointed out - soon
after he was arrested and
started cooperating. He
insisted that in the suitcase,
which he called a briefcase,
were only an Xbox, a
Playstation and headphones.
He
was asked about gang signs and
a long history of cooperation.
On August 12
Judge Cronan asked Shannon if
he was going to testify. No,
Shannon said. The jury was
called back and, Juror 4 was
let go (there are two
alternates), and then the
charging conference, not long.
It is coming to a close.
The case is US v.
Shannon, et al., 21-cr-56
(Cronan)
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