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After Trial of Man Charged With Crack Sales & Cooperator Dispute, Ledgister Gets 36 Months

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 29 – Reginald Claxton was on trial on crack cocaine charges in June 2022 - but the compensation of a cooperating witness became issue. 

  On June 21, 2022 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein presided over the trial. Inner City Press went and covered it. 

   On the witness stand an NYPD witness described the crack vials and why they were empty (the contents were taken out for testing and weighing).

 Later another witness, on redirect, needed his recollection refreshed.     Claxton's lawyer said that the "case comes down to two men you can't trust.

 A man named as Angel, he gets his housing paid for by the NYPD. Pretty nice, right?" 

 The prosecutors wrote in in seeking the right to tell jurors that the housing is in the project, to which Angel was relocated amid threats. 

And then: Reginald Claxton was found not guilty, and Judgment of Acquittal entered.

On September 29, a co-defendant was sentenced: FILED JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE as to Isaiah Ledgister (6), Count(s) 1 is dismissed on the motion of the US; Pleaded guilty to Count(s) 1s, Imprisonment for a total term of 36 Months. Supervised release for a term of 3 years. The court makes the following recommendations to the Bureau of Prisons: that the defendant be confined as close to NYC as possible. that the defendant participate in drug treatment program and a program to treat his gambling addiction, giving priority to the drug treatment. Special Assessment of $100 which is due immediately. (Signed by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein on 9/29/22).

The overall case is  US v. Spearman, et al., 20-cr-631 (Hellerstein) 

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