| Former
NFL Player
Pete Hall Pled
to Fentanyl
Deal in Harlem
Now US Asks
for 121 Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 16 – A former New York
football Giants wide receiver,
Clyde "Pete" Hall, got a
twenty year prison sentence
for wire fraud in 2009. He got
compassionate release from
prison amid the COVID pandemic
- and was arrested arranging a
narcotics deal in his
apartment on 120th Street in
Harlem. On August
10, 2023 he came to plead
guilty before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Mary Kay Vyskocil. Inner City
Press was there, thread:
OK - Hall
is 84 years old and in
custody, with two US Marshals.
Judge Vyskocil:
Why was he not in prison on
his 20 year senrence imposed
in 2009? AUSA: We were never
told. Warden released
him.
Defense: It was
compassionate release by BOP.
Judge Sullivan not
involved.
Note: Hall caught
2 passes in the NFL. Now he's
caught 2 felonies
Judge: You're
letting him plead to a lesser
included offense in order to
get around Congress' 10 year
mandatory minimum? AUSA: It is
our right to charge folks as
we see fit [See e.g. dropping
of SBF campaign finance
charges, and cases of Miles
Guo and Avi Eisenberg
Judge: Do you
have a college degree? Hall:
Philosophy B.S. from
Marquette. Judge: Do you speak
English? You may think this is
strange but I have to ask.
Doctors? Hall: I have a
prostate issue. I take
medicine daily.
Judge: Is your
mind clear?
Hall: I
don't know what you mean.
Judge: Are you confused? Hall:
About today's proceedings? No.
Judge: How do you plead? Hall:
Guilty.
Judge: Even for
the lesser included offense,
there is a 5 year mandatory
minimum. Your plea agreement
is 135 to 168 months. It could
be consecutive, are you aware?
Hall: Yes.
Tattooed man here
in gallery with Inner City
Press: "No! I don't think he's
clear on that
Judge: There
shall be no further commentary
from the gallery...
[US Marshal
throws significant look at
Tattooed Man. Unclear who's
taller.]
Hall: In March
and April 2021 I agreed to
distribute fentanyl, on 120th
Street in an apartment I was
living in.
Judge: Where was
the overt act?
Hall: In the
hall. I was a professional
athlete. I knew it was wrong.
AUSA: We have recordings and
texts.
Judge: The
plea is accepted. Sentencing
December 5 at 11 am.
Afterward Inner
City Press asked his lawyer
and talkative supporter(s) and
was told that the speaker was
"family."
On April 8, 2024,
Hall thought counsel asked for
the five year mandatory
minimum in the run-up to his
sentencing scheduled for April
22.
On April 16, the
US Attorney's Office countered
by requesting 121 months.
The case is US v.
Hall, 21-cr-290
(Vyskocil)
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