Campbell
aka Taxstone
35 Years for
Troy Ave
Shooting &
McPhatter
Death More Fed
Delay
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 9 –
The rap
podcaster
Taxstone,
Darryl
Campbell, was
on trial for
the May 25,
2016 murder of
Ronald McPhatter
and shooting
of rapper Troy
Ave, Roland
Collins.
On
March 6,
2023, Inner
City Press
went to cover
the trial in
111 Centre
Street, before
Judge Abraham
Clott.
After
the guilty
verdict, on
June 10 Inner
City Press
returned when
Judge Clott
sentenced
Campbell to
35 years of
update
incarceration.
First,
three McPhatter
family members
spoke. His
mother showed
his photo; a
sister
described him
saving a woman
on the
Brooklyn
Bridge.
The prosecutor
quoted
Campbell about
getting a
Connecticut
lobster roll
at Red Hook Lobster
after a
shooting. She
said his anti
gang podcast
talk was too
little too
late. She
noted the
ongoing
Federal case
Inner City
Press is covering.
Judge
Clott said
consecutive
sentencing was
called for --
35 years in total.
More
details on Substack
here
On June
21, Assistant
US Attorney Hagan
Scotten wrote
to SDNY Judge
Lorna G.
Schofield that
"On June 20,
2023, the
defendant
received a
state sentence
consisting
principally of
35 years’
imprisonment.
The parties
agree that the
Presentence
Report in this
case can now
be ordered,
and that a
sentencing
should be
scheduled. The
parties
further wish
to inform the
Court that
they do not
anticipate the
need for a
hearing
pursuant to
United States
v. Fatico, 603
F.3d 1053 (2d
Cir. 1979).
Rather, the
parties agree
that the
applicable
sentencing
range under
the United
States
Sentencing
Guidelines
(“U.S.S.G.” or
the
“Guidelines”)
is 92 to 115
months’
imprisonment"
- but it would be
concurrent,
not consecutive.
Letter on
Patreon here.
On July
6 (dated July
7), Judge
Schofield sent
the sentencing
for October
30: "Defendant
sentencing
hearing shall
be held on
October 30,
2023, at 11:00
a.m.
Defendant's
sentencing
submission
shall be filed
by October 10,
2023. The
Governments
sentencing
submission
shall be filed
by October 13,
2023
(Defendant
Sentencing
Submission due
by
10/10/2023.,
Government
Sentencing
Submission due
by 10/13/2023,
Sentencing set
for 10/30/2023
at 11:00 AM
before Judge
Lorna G.
Schofield.)
(Signed by
Judge Lorna G.
Schofield on
7/7/2023)."
Campbell's
lawyer filed
early, on September
18, asking for
92 to 115
months to run
concurrent to
the 35 year
state
sentence. Annexed
were letters
of support
from, among
others, Tamiko
Grimes and
Dustin Ross.
On
October 5, Judge
Schofield
granted a
request to push
the sentencing
back:
"Memo Endorsed
granting [124]
LETTER MOTION
Request an
adjournment as
to Daryl
Campbell
(1)...
Endorsement:
Application
Granted. The
sentencing
currently
scheduled for
October 30,
2023, is
adjourned to
February 6,
2024, at 11am.
Defendant's
sentencing
submission
shall be filed
by January 16,
2024. The
Government's
sentencing
submission
shall be filed
by January 19,
2024
(Signed by
Judge Lorna G.
Schofield on
10/5/23) "
On
January 29, it
was extended
again: "MEMO
ENDORSEMENT as
to Daryl
Campbell on
[126] LETTER
by Daryl
Campbell. Application
Granted. The
sentencing
currently
scheduled for
February 6,
2024, is
adjourned to
April 8 2024,
at 11:00 a.m.
The
Government's
sentencing
submission
shall be filed
by March 25,
2024. (Signed
by Judge Lorna
G. Schofield
on
1/29/2024)."
On
March 21, 2024
the US
Attorney's
Office wrote
in requesting
the guideline
sentence: 92
to 115 months.
Docketed
on
March 29,
Judge Schofield
pushed
by the
sentencing: "MEMO
ENDORSEMENT as
to Daryl
Campbell [130]
LETTER MOTION
addressed to
Judge Lorna G.
Schofield from
Kenneth J.
Montgomery
dated March
21, 2024 re:
Sentencing
adjournment
request.
ENDORESMENT:
Application
Granted. The
sentencing
hearing
currently
scheduled for
April 8, 2024,
is adjourned
to June 17,
2024, at 11:00
a.m."
That
was pushed
back, then
again on
September 9,
2024: "MEMO
ENDORSEMENT as
to Daryl
Campbell (1)
granting [135]
LETTER MOTION
addressed to
Judge Lorna G.
Schofield from
Kenneth J.
Montgomery
dated
September 4,
2024 re:
Adjournment
request.
ENDORSEMENT:
Application
Granted. The
sentencing
hearing
currently
scheduled for
September 10,
2024, is
adjourned to
November 4,
2024, at 11:00
a.m. The Clerk
of the Court
is directed to
terminate the
letter motion
at docket
number 135.
(Signed by
Judge Lorna G.
Schofield on
9/9/2024)."
The
SDNY case is
US v.
Campbell,
17-cr-112
(Schofield)
At trial evidence
was entered
about the guns
recovered in
Irving Plaza,
which were in
turn given
operability
tests. There
was the
bullet removed
from Roland
Collins legs -
and,
strangely, the
cataloguing
of boxer
shorts and white
T-shirts. Much
of this came
up in
stipulations
agreed to by
the defense, testimony
of retired
NYPD
detectives.
Passed
4 pm Judge
Clott called
it a day and
let the jury
go. Then he
held a whispered
sidebar with
the lawyers previewing
arguments
about "the
Rikers calls."
Subsequent Baxter
Street
stand-up video
here.
March 2
Collect Pond video
here
After
the jury left
Taxstone was
handcuffed
behind his
back and led
out.
On
March 23,
Manhattan
District
Attorney Alvin
L. Bragg, Jr.,
announced the
trial
conviction of
DARYL
CAMPBELL,
a/k/a
“Taxstone,”
37, for
shooting and
killing
33-year-old
Ronald “Banga”
McPhatter, a
bodyguard,
during a
confrontation
at Irving
Plaza, and
shooting and
seriously
injuring three
others.
Assistant
District
Attorneys
Christine
Keenan and
Christina Awad
(Trial Bureau
40) handled
the
prosecution of
this case,
under the
supervision of
Robert Ferrari
(Chief of
Trial Bureau
40) and Lisa
DelPizzo
(Chief of the
Trial
Division) with
the assistance
of Senior
Investigative
Analyst Holly
Burns-LaRiche,
Digital
Evidence
Analyst Mollie
Somers and
Investigative
Analyst Jacob
Willebeek-LeMair.
He
has a Federal
case as well,
which Inner
City Press is
also covering.
More
including
analysis on
Substack here
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