A lawyer for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán asked a federal appeals court in Manhattan to grant him a new trial, saying a media report of alleged juror misconduct was reason to overturn his conviction for running a narcotics empire
A lawyer for Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera asked a federal appeals court in Manhattan on Monday to grant him a new trial, saying a media report of alleged juror misconduct was reason to overturn his conviction for running a narcotics empire.in 2019 of 10 criminal counts in connection with leading the Sinaloa drug cartel.one of the jurors saying that several jurors disobeyed a judge’s instructions to avoid news reports during the trial.
The Vice story quoted the anonymous juror saying some of the jurors read stories about allegations by a government witness that were deemed inadmissible at the trial. The witness alleged that Mr. Guzmán had drugged and sexually abused underage girls. The juror told Vice that several jurors also lied to U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan, who presided over Mr. Guzman’s trial, when he asked them if they had read the story.
Judge Cogan ruled in July 2019 that the alleged misconduct didn’t merit an inquiry, even if the juror’s comments in the Vice story were true. The “mountain range of evidence” introduced at the trial would have led a rational, average juror to convict Mr. Guzmán of the charges, the judge said in his opinion at the time.
Marc Fernich, Mr. Guzmán’s lawyer, said Monday during oral arguments before a panel of three judges of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the media articles could have colored jurors’ impression of his client. He argued that a hearing should be held to determine whether the juror’s allegations in the story were true, Mr. Fernich said.Assistant U.S.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett Reynolds said the judge worked to address the restrictions, including allowing Mr. Guzmán to meet with his lawyers for up to 20 hours a week before the trial.Joaquín Guzmán, the Mexican drug lord known as"El Chapo," was convicted by a U.S. jury in February 2019 of 10 criminal counts related to a range of federal crimes spanning nearly 30 years. Photo: U.S.
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