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Trial Spanning Bronx to NJ Shannon Found
Guilty Now Rodrique No Show
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 4 –
Robert Shannon has been on
trial for drugs and guns. He
is in Essex County Corrections
Facility.
And he will
remain incarcerated. On August
16, with Inner City Press the
only media in the courtroom,
the jury returned a guilty
verdict, 400 grams or more of
fentanyl.
On March
29, 2021, U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge John P. Cronan
held a proceeding on Shannon.
Inner City Press covered it.
On the
question of discovery, the
defense lawyer said he was
getting a bigger thumb drive
or hard drive, but that review
of the discovery in the Essex
jail's law library was
difficult.
Shannon spoke for
himself as to the limitation.
On March
31, 2021 Judge Cronan held a
proceeding on co-defendant
Kareem Roderique. There was
more talk about hard drives
for discovery.
Jump cut to
October 5, 2022: "Minute Entry
for proceedings held before
Judge John P. Cronan: Status
Conference as to Kareem
Roderique held on 10/4/2022.
Defense Counsel Hannah McCrea
present. AUSA Patrick Moroney
present. Court Reporter:
Sharonda Jones. Defendant did
not appear. Defense Counsel
shall advise the government
and the court of Mr. Blyden's
status by 5 p.m. today. Speedy
trial time is excluded from
today, October 5, 2022, until
October 6, 2022, in the
interests of justice. Bail
continued. (Sentencing set for
11/9/2022 at 02:30 PM before
Judge John P. Cronan.)"
On August 9,
2022, when Judge Cronan was
presiding over the trial.
Shannon's lawyer was question
the supervising Agent who
arrested cooperator Ken
Johnson, described as a big
fish who raised $185,000 in a
week. Once arrested, and in
handcuffs, he started naming
names. But Shannon's name
didn't appear in the group
chat until 38 minutes in, his
lawyer pointed out.
On August 11, Ken
Johnson was on the witness
stand. He was shown video of
his wife carting a big
suitcase into her car -
leased, he pointed out - soon
after he was arrested and
started cooperating. He
insisted that in the suitcase,
which he called a briefcase,
were only an Xbox, a
Playstation and headphones.
He
was asked about gang signs and
a long history of cooperation.
On August 12
Judge Cronan asked Shannon if
he was going to testify. No,
Shannon said. The jury was
called back and, Juror 4 was
let go (there are two
alternates), and then the
charging conference, not long.
It is coming to a close.
The case is US v.
Shannon, et al., 21-cr-56
(Cronan)
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