NEW YORK
The Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York yesterday received the document by which the defense of former deputy Juan Antonio Hernández lodged the appeal with that court.
Hernández, sentenced to life imprisonment More than 30 years on charges related to drug trafficking on March 30, he insists on his innocence, for which reason he is filing the above appeal.
According to the document contained in the electronic file of the case, to which he had access THE PRESSthe appeal process started the day after the verdict, that is, on March 31. The document was sent to the attention of Judge Kevin Castel, who has been assigned to the case from the outset and was the one who delivered the verdict against Hernández.
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Moreover Before the US Justice Department, Tony Hernández “played a leading role in a violent state-sponsored drug-trafficking conspiracy.” He received a monetary sentence of $ 138.5 million. |
The document also notes that the appeal includes not only the verdict handed down last week, but also the October 2019 conviction in which Tony was found guilty.
The appeal was filed by attorney Peter Brill, who remains Tony’s legal representative for the purposes of this appeal, despite his disagreement with the attorney’s actions, which was presumed to be a possible cessation of office. acts as the legal representative of the Honduran.
The process continues, the court will hear the appeal, so Tony’s case will move from the hands of the court of first instance to the court of appeal, which will presumably be the federal court of appeal for the second circuit, which is the court. in whose jurisdiction matters pertaining to the federal courts of the State of New York (including the Southern District) fall.
This step is the most recent in the case of Tony Hernandez, since his arrest in Miami, Florida, in late November 2018. Eleven months after his arrest, President Juan Orlando Hernández’s brother was subjected to a two-week trial in which he was found guilty of drug trafficking, possession and use of weapons and destructive devices and making false statements to federal officials in October 2019. One year and five months after his conviction, Hernández was sentenced to life imprisonment, after which he began processing his appeal.