| Man On
Trial for
Bronx Armed
Robberies Is
Shown In 7-11
With Gun
Taking Lottery
Tickets
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 30 –
Justin Hampton
in on
trial - or two
trials, with the
jury to be informed
of the final
count only
after it
deliberates on
the first
four. Inner
City Press has
been covering
the case and
the counts and
will continue.
Counts 1
through 4
involve armed
robberies in
The Bronx (a
pizzeria on
Bruckner
Boulevard and
a dollar store
in Soundview)
as well as
Brooklyn and
Queens. Count
5 is being a
felon in
possession.
On November
23, 2022, U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
John P. Cronan
ruled that "on
November 28
the Court will
commence trial
on Counts One
though Four
without
notifying the
jury that
there is a
fifth count.
Once the first
phase of the
trial
concludes...
the Court will
inform the
jury of the
existence of
Court Five and
proceed with a
trial as to
that final
count."
On November 27,
Hampton's
counsel at
Quinn Emanuel
wrote to Judge
Cronan seeking
to keep
out the 911
calls, under
the Confrontation
Clause, and
arguing that
"there was no
ongoing
emergency at
the time of any
call."
On
November 28 past four
pm, as on a
higher floor
of SDNY another
jury
was selected,
the hallway
outside
the 12th floor
courtroom of
Judge Cronan
was full.
On November
29, the
Special Agent
who
searched Hampton's
apartment and
found a bb gun
and orange and
black gloves
was on the
witness stand.
Inner City
Press was there:
Hampton
has four Quinn
Emanuel
lawyers...
Special
Agent Quinn
who did search
is on the
stand
Into evidence,
photo of a bb
gun that looks
like a real
gun, found in
the couch. The
bb gun itself
is here in the
courtroom, in
evidence bag
with ATF chain
of custody.
Now
being walked
in front of
jurors
Defendant
Hampton, with
2 US Marshals
behind him,
whispers in
(one of) his
lawyer's ear
as next gun
bag in shown.
Also black and
orange gloves,
found during
search - now
shown in
action, in
still photo
from pizzeria
(robbery)
On
November 30,
videos were
shown to the
jury of robberies,
including the
armed robbery
of a 7-11 in
which many
Lottery
scratch-off
tickets were
taken. The
weapon was desribed
and shown, and
a heavy-set
accomplice
shown...
The
trial
continues.
The
case is US v.
Hampton,
21-cr-766
(Cronan)
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