| After Ghost Gun Trial
Guilty Verdict for Lesane Who Went
Pro Se Citing Essex County Jail
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By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 30 - In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
a man charged with drug and
"ghost gun" offenses is
defending himself at trial.
On January
24, the trial proceeded before
Judge Lewis J. Liman, with
defendant Eric Lesane's
probation officer on the
witness stand being
cross-examined... by Lesane.
He ended each question with,
"Is that correct?" Sometimes
it was, and sometimes it
wasn't.
Judge
Vernon S. Broderick had the
case but, now presiding over
the death penalty trial of
Sayfullo Saipov, on January 6
he docketed an order that
trial would proceed before
Judge Liman, and that the
parties must proposed
redactions to the sealed
Docket Number 51 by January 9.
It was ordered unsealed on
January 10 - but the link is
still dead as of January 24.
On January
25, Lesane crosse examined the
government's narcotics expert
(did her tests reveal the
origin of the cannabis? No);
next up was ATF firearms
interstate nexus expert Eric
Dornbusch, who said he began
with DoD then the Chicago
anti-gang unit, Brooklyn arson
and explosives unit and now
Hudson Valley. The courtroom
had various exhibit boxes.
On January
26, Lesane was brought late
from the Essex County
Correctional Facility (with,
he said, another defendant on
trial in SDNY). He spoke for
himself at the charge
conference.
Judge
Liman said he'd told the jury
they would have the exhibits
when they deliberate - but
that was before he saw the
guns and drugs and cash. The
AUSA said a Marshal would have
to be present. Lesane said if
the jurors ask to see the
physical evidence, they should
be allowed.
On January 30,
Inner City Press was in the
courtroom when the jury
returned verdicts of guilty on
both counts. Judge Liman asked
Lesane if he can submitted he
briefs for reconsideration in
two weeks. He said yes, as
long as he gets his legal mail
in the Essex County NJ
facility. Sentencing was set
for May 10 at 11 am
The
case is US v. Lesane,
22-cr-110 (Liman)
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