| After Trial
of Man Charged With Crack Sales &
Dispute on Cooperator Claxton Gets 60
Months
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 20 – Reginald Claxton was
on trial on crack cocaine
charges in June 2022 - but the
compensation of a cooperating
witness became issue.
On June
21, 2022 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Alvin K.
Hellerstein presided over the
trial. Inner City Press went
and covered it.
On
the witness stand an NYPD
witness described the crack
vials and why they were empty
(the contents were taken out
for testing and weighing).
Later
another witness, on redirect,
needed his recollection
refreshed.
Claxton's lawyer said that the
"case comes down to two men
you can't trust.
A man named
as Angel, he gets his housing
paid for by the NYPD. Pretty
nice, right?"
The
prosecutors wrote in in
seeking the right to tell
jurors that the housing is in
the project, to which Angel
was relocated amid
threats.
And then:
Reginald Claxton was found not
guilty, and Judgment of
Acquittal entered.
On September 20,
a co-defendant was sentenced:
"JUDGMENT In A Criminal Case
(S1 20-Cr-631). Date of
Imposition of Judgment:
9/8/2022. Defendant Sheldon
Clark (2) pleaded guilty to
Count(s) 1s. Count(s) All open
counts are dismissed on the
motion of the United States.
IMPRISONMENT: 60 months. The
defendant is notified of his
right to appeal. - The court
makes the following
recommendations to the Bureau
of Prisons: that the defendant
be confined at the Devons or
Butner facility to receive
medical care and participate
in a program where he can
learn to read and write."
The overall case
is US v. Spearman, et
al., 20-cr-631
(Hellerstein)
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