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Upper
Manhattan Drug
Case Getting
Huge Video Now
Lead Defendant
Arraigned for
Trial
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 16 – Christopher Santos
and more than a dozen others
have been indicted for a
narcotics conspiracy in Upper
Manhattan.
On
September 15, 2023
co-defendant Mercedes appeared
with only his lawyer before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Gregory H. Woods.Inner
City Press was there.
Mercedes
had missed a September 6 mass
proceeding at which a schedule
had been set, with Speedy
Trial Act time excluded
through December 12,
2023.
The initial
complain describes drug sales
in front of 2304 Amsterdam
Avenue, near 174th Street.
Jump cut to
February 6, 2024, when Judge
Woods courtroom was full, with
some defendants out on bond in
the gallery, with lawyers, and
others defendants in the jury
box. One defense lawyer got a
big laugh when he pointed to
his client, the foreman in
that good lucking jury.
At the
defense's request, the case
was put over into June. There
is a new NYPD / TARU video, 5
terabytes, that can barely be
seen on the computers in the
MDC. Expect severance - and,
the prosecutors said, plea
bargains.
On July 19,
co-defendant Jawan Mills pled
guilty to Count 1, with
sentencing set for October 16
at 10 am. He was not included
in the superceding indictment
filed on July 18.
On July 30
co-defendant David Glover pled
guilty and was ordered
immediately remanded, with
sentencing set for November 25
at 11 am.
On July 31
co-defendant Christopher
Espinal pled guilty with
sentencing set for November 22
at 3 pm; detention was
continued.
On August 14,
counsel for co-defendant
Caminero wrote in and asking
for 35 months on August 28.
On August 16, the
lead defendant came in, not in
custody, to be arraigned on
the S6 indictment, pleading
not guilty in the run up to
the trial now set for November
4.
The case is US v.
Santos, et al., 22-cr-522
(Woods)
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