| In SDNY Judge Sullivan
Chides US Attorney For 10 Year Deal For
Robinson Imposing 6 More Months
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 10 – Tyquan Robinson pled
guilty to a firearms charge as
part of a Brooklyn-based
narcotics conspiracy, but his
drug charge disappeared in the
plea bargain.
In August
2019 sitting as a U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge by designation, Circuit
Judge Richard J. Sullivan
questioned the US Attorney's
having dropped the drug
charge.
Robinson's August sentencing
was postponed; he was put on
notice that Judge Sullivan
might sentence him above the
ten years agreed to. Inner
City Press story here.
On
January 10 the sentencing
resumed. Judge Sullivan asked
if there would be forfeiture
and Assistant US Attorney
Matthew Hellman conceded there
is no forfeiture on the gun
charge. Judge Sullivan replied
wryly that was another
downside of the plea bargain.
Turning to Robinson and his
family members in the gallery
along with Inner City Press,
Sullivan said that shooting a
gun in support of a crack
conspiracy is a serious crime.
He said he had been
considering a 15 year
sentence, then 12 years after
he saw the sentencing
re-submissions.
With that set-up, Judge
Sullivan imposed a sentence of
10 1/2 years, six months over
the plea agreement. He told
Robinson for that reason he
could appeal to the Second
Circuit. The case is US v.
Robinson, 18-cr-373
(Sullivan).
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