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Shootings on Ryer Avenue Result in Jury
Guilty Verdicts & 137 Months Now Gets
121
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 5 – Darrius Christopher
and Robert Wade were still on
trial for a shoot-out on
October 25, 2019 by 2322 Ryer
Avenue in The Bronx. But it
was at end game. And the issue
of "Theory of Defense."
On November 22, 2021 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Sidney H. Stein held
opening statements, and on
November 23 the presentation
of evidence from government
witnesses. Inner City Press
went and covered both
days. And now the
(guilty) verdicts: "Verdict
reached as follows: defendant
Christopher guilty as to
Counts 1 and 3, defendant Wade
guilty as to Counts 2 and 3.
Sentencing is scheduled for
March 10, 2022, at 4:30 p.m.
Any post-trial motions are due
45 days from today, the
government's response is due
15 days after the motion is
filed. Defendants remain in
custody."
Jump cut to
January 3, 2023, when the US
Attorney's Office filed a
letter that "on November 29,
2022 the defendants' shared
cell [in the MDC[ was searched
and a significant amount of
contraband was recovered....
183 small bags of a leafy
green substance that field
tested positive for
marijuana... a 1.5 inch
scalpel... eight cell phones"
- that won't be relied on at
sentencing.
On February 13,
the sentencing occurred:
"ROBERT WADE was sentenced to
168 months in prison and
DARRIUS CHRISTOPHER was
sentenced to 137 months in
prison.
Jump cut to
August 20, 2024 when
Christopher's counsel wrote in
seeking under Amendment 821 to
reduce the 137 months down to
121 months.
And it was on
February 5, 2025 that Judge
Stein signed an order reducing
his sentence to 121 months.
The case is USA
v. Christopher and Wade,
1:19-cr-875 (Stein).
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