| Bronx RICO Case of Kay Flock Jury
Asked of Reasonable Person US Cites
Idiosyncrasies
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
March 19 – A multi-defendant
Bronx gang case began with the
language of protective order
and now a one-defendant trial
involving the meaning of drill
rap lyrics.
On March
23, 2023 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Lewis J. Liman
arraigned three of the
defendants. Inner City Press
went and covered it.
All three
pleaded not guilty.
On July 31, as to
lead and co-defendant Kevin
Perez, the US Attorney's
Office wrote in "to inform the
Court that the Government will
NOT week the death penalty
against defendant Kevin Perez
in this case."
On March 11,
opening statements, police
witnesses and cooperator Vance
Brockington, commenting on
music video of OYK. Thread and
more on Substack here.
Docket photo on X
for Subscribers here.
and on Patreon here
On March 17, the
defense case including the
first cooperator's sister who
said she saw his testimony on
Inner City Press and concluded
that he was lying. Then his
manager, and former girlfriend
- thread.
On March 18 Inner
City Press tweeted the closing
arguments of prosecutors
and defense,
which ended with it's been
drill rap on trial.
On March 19 the
jury deliberated and finally
sent out a note asking for a
definition of "reasonable
person." The prosecutors and
defense had different proposed
answers. Thread.
The judge asked for letters by
6 pm and sent the jury home at
5.
Past 6 pm the US
filed a letter including that
"
If the jury were
to be instructed that they
must put themselves in the
defendant’s place “from the
point of view of the
defendant,” without further
clarification, it could be
misunderstood to mean that the
jury must determine whether
the defendant, with his
idiosyncrasies, believed that
the victim was about to use
deadly physical force, rather
than the two-part inquiry
required under New York law" -
letter on Patreon
here
More including
analysis on X for Subscribers
here
and on Substack here
The overall
case is USA v. Perez, et al.,
1:23-cr-99 (Liman)
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