| Simmons
Is Found
Guilty After
Jury Trial As
Felon In
Possession For
June Bronx
Shooting
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 18 –
Stephen
Simmons has
been on
federal trial
for being a
felon in
possession of
ammunition,
the way in
which a June
14, 2022
shooting in
The Bronx was
federalized.
On
January 12,
2023 U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Valerie E.
Caproni was
presiding over
the trial.
With the death
penalty trial
of Sayfullo
Saipov on
haitus, Inner
City Press
went to cover
that of
Simmons.
A
contractor
hired by the
US Attorney's
Office was on
the stand,
introducing
and narrating
a video of the
shooting that
he had edited.
Simmons'
Federal
Defender asked
pointedly on
cross if the
prosecutors
had editorial
control of the
edits.
Yes they do,
the contractor
said, before
leaving court
with a rolling
suitcase.
Federal
Defenders seek
to use Doctor
Goeffrey
Loftus; the US
has sought a
Daubert
hearing.
A woman under
subpoena came
to testify,
clearly
relucantly.
Her terse
answers gave
rise to a
lengthy
sidebar.
During
deliberations,
the jury asked
for a
transcript of
her interview.
Jump
cut to January
18, 2023, when
the jury came
back with a
verdict:
Guilty. "Jury
deliberations
continued.
Guilty verdict
rendered.
Remand
continued.
Sentencing set
for May 9,
2023, at 11:00
a.m."
The
case is US v.
Simmons,
22-cr-399
(Caproni)
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