| In SDNY Claudius English
Guilty of Bronx Child Prostitution Gets 25
Years Not Life
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive series
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 20 – A young woman who was
pimped out and forced to quit
high school testified on June
5 in a disturbing prostitution
prosecution case proceeding
before U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Paul G.
Gardephe.
At noon on
June 10, 2019
Assistant US
Attorney Michael
Krouse told
the again
nearly empty
courtroom how Claudius
English
offered for
sale children of
13, 11 and
eight years
told through a
Chuck-E-Cheese
in Harlem, via
the Holiday
Motel in The
Bronx with
outdoor (non
lobby)
entrance. He
referred to a
Government
Exhibit 302
which has been
requested but
not produced;
he urged
guilty
verdicts on
all 10 counts.
And later
on June 10, but
only announced
on June 11,
the jury as
requested
returned
guilty
verdicts on
all ten
counts.
Now
on February
19, Judge
Gardephe held
the sentencing of
Claudius
English and
Inner City Press
again covered. There was
talk of
psychology
and surprisingly
small payments
to victims. Judge
Gardephe,
saying the
guideline was
life in
prison,
imposed a 25
year sentence.
Back on
December 30,
2020, Judge Gardephe
dismissed
one of the
counts, pursuant
to US v. Davis,
while
upholding the
other nine:
"English has
moved,
pursuant to
Fed. R. Crim.
P. 29, for a
judgment of
acquittal as
to the
attempted sex
trafficking,
kidnapping,
and firearm
counts. The
Government
concedes that
English's
conviction on
the Section
924(c) charge
cannot stand,
in light of
United States
v. Davis, 139
S. Ct. 2319
(2019), but
otherwise
opposes
Defendant's
motion. For
the reasons
stated above,
Defendant
English's
motion for a
judgment of
acquittal is
granted as to
Count Ten but
is otherwise
denied.
(Signed by
Judge Paul G.
Gardephe on
12/30/20)."
The case is USA
v. Claudius
English
a/k/a Jay
Barnes a/k/a
Brent
English,
18-cr-492 (PGG).
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