| In SDNY Case Ozuna Got 200
Months Now Colon Who Pled Guilty Has Petition
Denied
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 28 -- On March 24, 2020
Erick Oleaga's lawyer
announced in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrates Court that a case
of Coronavirus had been
identified in the MCC jail and
11 North locked down.
On August 12,
2020 Oleaga was before SDNY
District Judge
Mary Kay
Vyskocil on
violations of
supervised
release.
Shroff argued
that if he
were richer he
would take a
cab to work,
and not public
transportation.
But Judge
Vyskocil said
his many stops
were not at
subway
stations or
bodegas. She
ordered Oleaga
to turn
himself in to
the U.S.
Marshals on
August 14 in
the morning.
After
listening to
further
argument she
said, You have
my ruling.
On
March 26, 2021
in the case
overall case,
this: "as
to Julio Ozuna
(1), Count(s)
1, 1s, 2, 3,
3s, 4, 4s, 6s,
7s, 8s are
dismissed on
the motion of
the US.
Pleaded guilty
to Count(s)
2s,
Imprisonment
for a total
term of 200
Months.
Supervised
release for a
term of 3
Years."
On March 17,
2022, this:
"JUDGMENT IN A
CRIMINAL CASE
as to Prince
Gaines (4).
THE DEFENDANT:
pleaded guilty
to Count One
of the S2
Information.
Count 4 of the
S1 Indictment
is dismissed
on the motion
of the United
States.
IMPRISONMENT:
60 months. The
court makes
the following
recommendations
to the Bureau
of Prisons:
The Court
recommends the
defendant be
housed in a
facility close
to the Bronx.
The Court
further
recommends the
defendant have
access to any
educational or
vocational
programs that
are available
at said
facility. The
defendant is
remanded to
the custody of
the United
States Marshal."
Back on
February 22,
2022, this:
"ORDER
ADJOURNING
SENTENCING as
to Nazeem
Francis...
Given
counsels'
representations
that they have
not
"review[ed]
the
Presentence
Report with
Mr. Francis,"
the Court is
constrained to
adjourn the
sentencing
hearing.
When it
happened,
the sentence
was 20 years -
240 months:
"Minute Entry
for
proceedings
held before
Judge Mary Kay
Vyskocil:
Sentencing
held on
5/24/2022 for
Nazeem Francis
(2) Count 2.
Bobbi
Sternheim and
Elizabeth
Macedonio were
present were
defendant,
AUSA Frank
Balsamello was
present for
the
government.
Defendant was
sentenced to
20 years and 3
years
supervised
release."
Francis is 22 years old.
Back on
April 1, 2021
co-defendant Khalil
Suggs was
set to plead
guilty - and
on September
7, 2021 he was
sentenced, and
Inner City
Press covered
it.
Judge Vyskocil
said
the offense
level was 24,
plus two for
luring a
confidential
informant into
a stairwell
and telling
another to
kill him
(which didn't
happen, both the
AUSA then
Judge Vyskocil
remarked),
minus one at
the
government's
request.
In
the end Judge
Vyskocil
imposed the
mandatory
minimum of 60
months, to be
followed by
six years of
supervised
release. She
told Suggs
this could be
an inflection
point.
Back on
December 16,
2020 Judge Vyskocil
held another
proceeding in this
multi-defendant
case. Inner
City Press
covered it.
There was
discussion of
video
evidence; the
AUSA
said that plea
offers had
been made but
that she
understand the
logistical
difficulties
of conveying
and discussion
them.
One of
the defendant
had elected
not to waive a
conflict
by his lawyer,
who has thus been
replaced, with
a Curcio
hearing canceled.
At the
end, this:
Pretrial
Conference as
to Julio
Ozuna, Nazeem
Francis,
Jonathan
Colon, Prince
Gaines, Erick
Oleaga, Khalil
Suggs, Victor
Martinez held
on 12/16/2020.
Next
conference
scheduled for
2/24/21 at
11am.
Jump cut to
August 28, 2024 - Colon had
pleaded guilty, and then moved
that he was coerced into the
plea and his counsel were
ineffective. Judge Vyskocil
denied the petition.
The case is
US v. Ozuna, et al., 20-cr-213
(Vyskocil).
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