| After Guilty on Lesser
Offense After Trial For 2016 Hunts
Point Slaying New Trial Canceled
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 20 – For a murder in Hunts
Point in the South Bronx in
2016, Bruce Morris is on trial
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Jesse M. Furman.
Inner City Press is covering
it, as it has covered Hunts
Point and The Bronx.
On January
14, the Bronx Homicide
detective who caught the case
was on the witness stand,
followed by the superintendent
of the building at 848 Faile
Avenue, who said he saw Morris
with a gun.
The
prosecutors put into the
record the grand jury
transcript of Morris' brother,
represented by Federal
Defenders, repeatedly invoking
his Fifth Amendment rights
against self-incrimination.
Morris has four CJA lawyers.
One of them wrote
in dated January 10 (but not
docketed until January 16,
amid the charge conference)
that "Witness-3 has a strong
motive to curry favor with the
government because he may hope
that his assistance in helping
to secure a murder conviction
will shield him from
prosecution for his own drug
crimes."
On January 17
after the jury instruction,
the jury sent a note. Judge
Furman told the parties to
propose answers, on what they
must find on conspiracy, and
file them by noon - on MLK
Day.
On January 23,
"JURY VERDICT as to Bruce
Morris: Guilty on Count
3ssBruce Morris (1) Guilty of
Lesser Offense on Count 4ss."
And... "Retrial
scheduled for 2/26/2025 at
9:30 am."
Then on February
20 that was canceled: "ORDER
as to Bruce Morris: With the
parties' consent, see ECF Nos.
[86], [87], all open counts
against Defendant Bruce Morris
including Counts One and Two
and the discharge charge in
Count Three of the S2
Indictment are dismissed.
Accordingly, the trial and
final pretrial conference
scheduled for next week are
CANCELED. Sentencing on the
counts of conviction will be
held on June 25, 2025, at 2:30
p.m."
Over the transom:
"Bruce Morris had his murder
charge vacated along with all
others except two."
The case
is USA v. Morris, 1:24-cr-358
(Furman)
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