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Ex-Prez JOH Denied Sentencing Delay Now
Pineda Who Pled Asks 15 Years
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
June 18 – In the closing
arguments on March 6, AUSA
Tarlow said that narco
trafficking had grown under
JOH. On March 7, out of the
hearing of the jury and for
then the Press, JOH's lawyer
Stabile said he'd heard
different overnight.
From who?
The
defendant's wife he said.
Was this
just a play for a mistrial?
Judge Castel
concluded it was, and denied
Stabile's motion, Order on
Patreon here.
Later on March 8,
the verdict, here-
then the book Narco Drama in English then Spanish.
Now on March 22
Stabile has requested a new
trial, on two grounds: the
testimony of drug trafficking
going up instead of down, and
JOH's stop over in Fort
Lauderdale, where Stabile says
the trial should have been
held. Filing on Inner City
Press' free DocumentCloud here
On April 12 the
US Attorney's Office opposed
JOH's motion, arguing that
Taul did not testify falsely,
and that the venue argument,
even if it had merit, was
waived. Stipulation on Patreon
here.
On May 9, Judge
Castel denied JOH's motion for
a new trial. Order on Patreon
here.
On June 10, JOH's
lawyer asked for delay: "I
write to request a 2-week
adjournment of defendant Juan
Orlando Hernandez’s
sentencing, currently
scheduled for June 26, 2024...
I have also had more limited
opportunity to meet and confer
with Mr. Hernandez about his
sentencing, because he was
hospitalized most of last
week, due to an injury he
sustained in prison and also
because legal visits at MDC
have recently been cancelled,
for the whole day or part of
the day, on several occasions
over the past two weeks. The
government has previously
indicated that it did not
object to a one-time
adjournment of sentencing.
Letter on Patreon here.
Judge Castel
granted extensions to file,
but not of the sentencing of
JOH. On June 18, Mauricio
Hernandez Pineda who pled
guilty on February 2 asked for
a 15-year sentence; his is
scheduled for July 2.
More on X for
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and Substack here
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