| For NJ Armed
Robbery Causing Death Samuels On Trial,
Witness Mingo Is Explained by US
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 27 – Kasheem Samuels on
trial this week for armed
robberies in The Bronx and
Middlesex County, New Jersey,
the latter resulting in the
death of Andrew Torres.
On July
19, U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Edgardo Ramos held
a final pre-trial conference.
Inner City Press covered it.
Samuels and his attorney want
to keep from the jury
information about gang
membership, where he met
witnesses (in prison) and
previous offenses.
Most of
these motions in limine were
denied on July 19.
It runs from 9:30
to 2:30 from Monday to Friday,
Judge Ramos said, giving the
jurors the afternoons to take
care of things.
On July 27
Inner City Press in person
covered the trial right to
2:30 pm. On the stand, in a
plexi-glass boss, was a
witness in a white skull cap.
He was driven in a car to
Middlesex County but said he
didn't know what had happened
in the hotel room, only that a
gun went in.
Defense
attorney Foy asked him, hadn't
he wondered aloud if the
"Spanish women" had been
victims of a sexual assault,
and said "You know how Spanish
dudes are"? Had he blamed
Kash? The AUSA made a number
of objections, slightly more
than half sustained.
The
witness was driven back to the
Bronx, but denied it was to
Webster Avenue and 178th
Street. 168th, maybe. It was
2:30 pm and the trial day was
done.
Later the US
Attorney's Office filed a
letter with Judge Ramos saying
that the witness, John Mingo,
hadn't really meant "you know
how Spanish dudes are," but
that it was a "confusing
colloquy during which Mingo
referred both to Spanish
individuals and other
unidentified people." So, the
argument goes, evidence should
not be admitted as it is not
inconsistent. Inner City Press
will continue to cover the
cases.
The case is US v.
Samuels, 18-cr-306 (Ramos)
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