With 6ix9ine Sentencing Now December
18 Co Defendant Ro Murda Up Oct 10 Barclays
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By Matthew
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 10 – In the case of US
against Aljermiah Mack and
Anthony Ellison, the jury on
October 3 returned a mixed
verdict, see below. Daniel
Hernandez / Tekashi 6ix9ine
who testified for three days
against them is now set to be
sentenced on December 18 at 10
am, with the government's
submission including under
Section 5K1 due on December 11
or before. Inner
City Press
tweeted the
order here,
and the
underlying
submission
rules here.
Now on
October 10 co-defendant Roland
Martin a/k/a Ro Murda is set
to be sentenced by Judge Paul
Engelmayer. The sentencing
guideline specified in his
plea agreement is 77 to 96
months; the government is
recommending 60 months. Here's
from their recitation /
reasoning:
"On or about
March 20, 2018, the defendant
and other members of Nine
Trey, including Kifano Jordan,
a/k/a “Shotti,” Daniel
Hernandez, a/k/a “Tekashi 6ix
9ine,” Denard Butler, a/k/a
Drama, and others, traveled to
Manhattan to wait for a member
of another Bloods set
(“Individual1”), who was
providing protection for
another rap artist. The
defendant remained with the
others for a while, but
eventually left the scene due
to his curfew while on New
York State
parole. As
Individual-1 exited a building
in Manhattan, Individual-1
entered a Sprinter van.
Hernandez, Butler and another
person were in one car and
drove in front of the Sprinter
van. Jordan was in
another car, which pulled
alongside the Sprinter van,
and Jordan shot approximately
five rounds into the side of
the Sprinter van.
April 3,
2018 On April 3,
2018, the defendant and others
traveled from Brooklyn to
midtown Manhattan in order to
rob a rival gang member and
rapper (the “April 3
Robbery”), who was in a public
feud with Hernandez. The
defendant traveled with Jesnel
Butler, a/k/a “Ish,” and
Denard Butler, a/k/a “Drama”
in one car, while Hernandez,
Jordan, Faheem Walter, a/k/a
“Crippy,” and a cooperating
witness traveled in another
car. Once the victims
entered the lobby of the
building, Jordan and Walter
ran out of the car and
confronted the victims.
They were quickly joined by
the defendant, Denard Butler,
and another individual.
Jordan was holding a pistol
throughout the robbery.
The defendant could be seen
pushing the victims on both
video surveillance from the
building and a video filmed by
Hernandez from a car parked
outside the
building.
April 13,
2018 On April 13,
2018, Mack robbed the
defendant at gunpoint and
stole the defendant’s car and
watch. Later that
evening and in retaliation for
the robbery, several members
of Nine Trey, including Denard
Butler, drove around Brooklyn
looking for Mack. Once
they found Mack, another
individual shot at Mack
several times but missed
him.
April 21,
2018 On April 21,
2018, the defendant was
present with other Nine Trey
members when a shooting took
place inside the Barclays
Center in Brooklyn. The
defendant arrived with
Hernandez, Jordan, Denard
Butler, Jesnel Butler, Walter,
and Fuguan Lovick, a/k/a “Fu
Banga,” among others.
Hernandez was scheduled to
sing the entrance song for a
boxer who had a match that
night. While in a
hallway in the Barclays
Center, the defendant and
other Nine Trey members
encountered the entourage of a
rival rapper, who was a member
of a different Bloods
set. During the
altercation, Lovick fired a
gun in the air over the rival
gang members’
heads.
July 16,
2018 On or about
July 16, 2018, Jordan and
Hernandez were in Los Angeles,
when they sawanother member of
Nine Trey (“Individual-2”)
post on a social media
site. Jordan then
contacted the defendant,
Walter, and others and said,
in sum and substance, that
they needed to take care of
Individual-2. Later that
evening, a shooting took place
in the area where Individual-2
was staying, and an innocent
bystander was struck in the
foot."
Inner City Press intends to
live tweet Ro Murda's
sentencing proceeding,
including with an eye on what
it may say about Judge
Engelmayer and any sentencing
disparities in this case.
6ix9ine
hopes to get "time served" for
his cooperation, rather than
the 47 year mandatory minimum
he would otherwise face for
what he pleaded guilty to. The
government's total discretion
under Section 5K, and judges'
separate ability to ignore the
prosecutors' recommendations,
were brougtht to the forefront
his week in the Honduras drug
trafficking case in the SDNY.
In that
case, which Inner City Press
is also covering, Alex Ardon
admitted to killing 56 people,
but still stands to get a 5K1
letter. We'll continue to
cover both cases.
Judge
Engelmayer was responding to a
joint move to expedite
sentencing, and publish (tweet)
the letter here:
"Dear Judge Engelmayer: The
parties respectfully write to
request that a presentence
investigation report be
ordered and that a sentencing
date be scheduled for Mr.
Hernandez. Counsel for Mr.
Hernandez respectfully
requests that sentencing be
scheduled on an expedited
basis. The Government does not
object to this request. In
order to facilitate the
request for expedited
sentencing, the parties waive
the 35-day notice requirement
pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P.
32(e)(2). Respectfully
submitted, GEOFFREY S.
BERMAN." How expedited can it
be? Inner City Press will stay
on this. For now more on
Patreon here.
Watch this site.
Along with
guilty findings on racketeer,
Count 1, and Counts 2, 5, 6
and 7, it issued "Not Guilty"
rulings on Ellison Counts 3
and 4 and with regard to Nuke
Mack and guns, Count 7. After
more than an hour, got and
published it:
Count 1
Racketeering - Guilty
Count 2 Kidnapping - GUILTY
Counts 3 & 4 Ellison gun -
Not guilty
Count 5 (maiming) - Guilty
Count 6 narcotics - Guilty
Court 7 Mack firearm - Not
Guilty
What the
verdict may mean for 6ix9ine's
bid for both a 5K1
cooperator's letter and "time
served" instead of the 47 year
mandatory minimum he would
otherwise face is not yet
known.
On October 2 the
jury while deliberating on a
verdict asked for information
including the testimony of
Ellison's then girlfriend Ms.
Ramirez and a laptop full of
phone records. They will
resume deliberating on
Thursday October 3 but if they
do not reach a verdict that
day will return only on
Monday. Meanwhile there were
thirty in the courtroom and
thirty in the hall.
Ellison's defense
lawyer Deveraux Cannick told
the jury to closely review
#6ix9ine's testimony, says he
was prepared for hours and
hours by the government and
still there are holes in his
story.
Cannick
emphasizes that #6ix9ine said
he only made one call, a
Facetime to his daughter.
Turns to Cruz claiming he's
worthy of your belief. "Ladies
and gentlemen, I don't buy
it." Cannick is saying
sometimes the government
should tear up the 5K1 letter,
but doesn't. Here's Inner City
Press on a cooperator who
after the deal smuggled drugs
into private prison and sold
them. Judge Gardephe was
outraged, gave
4 years
Government
objects to Cannick saying a
Kristian Cruz call was in the
last six weeks. Judge
Engelmayer doesn't rule, tells
jury that their recollection
will control. Cannick going
back and forth between
references to #6ix9ine and
Cruz
Cannick:
Cruz has no familiarity with
Harv. He said, "Harv is not a
thief" only in order to prime
the pump and get Mel Murda to
talk. But where did Mel Murda
get his info from? Shotti. But
#6ix9ine said "Shotti is a
liar. Shotti is a fraud."
Cannick asked why
the government didn't take at
face value their witness
#6ix9ine's view that Shotti
was a liar. Says
of course Mel Murda told Cruz
whatever he wanted- he needed
Cruz' drugs and money. More here.
For now, more on
Patreon here.
For more on this case, including
the multiple defendant discovery conference
before Judge Engelmayer, click here.
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