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Date: 01-25-2021
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Case Number: 1:18-cr-00153-FPG-JJM
Judge: Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of New York(Erie County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Buffalo, New York perjury charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jonathan Singletary a/k/a Freeze, who was charged with f obstructing an official proceeding.
On January 11, 2010, Singletary provided a signed, sworn statement to the Buffalo Police Department. In his statement, defendant said that Rodshaun Black came to his house on December 23, 2009, and told him that he and Ernest Green had robbed and killed Jabril Harper in Roosevelt Park. Singletary also told the detectives that Black admitted that Harper’s murder was part of a $10,000 contract killing. The defendant shared these details once again on December 6, 2011, while testifying before a federal grand jury.
On October 25, 2017, representatives of the United States Attorney’s Office and the FBI met with Singletary to prepare Singletary for testimony in the trial of Rodshaun Green and Ernest Black. Singletary expressed reluctance to testify and did not want to read his prior 2010 Buffalo Police statement or his 2011 grand jury testimony, so and Assistant U.S. Attorney read it to Singletary who agreed that both his prior statement and grand jury testimony were true and accurate.
On November 29, 2017, representatives of the United States Attorney’s Office and the FBI again met with the defendant prior to his trial testimony scheduled for that day. Singletary again expressed reluctance to testify, but agreed to do so. The defendant told the government representatives that he had a problem testifying in front of Rodshaun Black’s mother because he had known her for a long time. Singletary then again refused to review both his 2011 grand jury and his 2010 statement to the Buffalo Police but stated that he was not worried because everything he had said previously was true.
On November 29, 2017, the prosecution called Singletary as a witness in United States v. Rodshaun Black and Ernest Green, et al., an official criminal trial proceeding in United States District Court for the Western District of New York. The defendant was sworn and then testified falsely and evasively. Specifically, Singletary: denied ever speaking to Rodshaun Black about the Jabril Harper murder; denied knowing Rodshaun Black’s mother; denied discussing his relationship with Rodshaun Black’s mother with an FBI agent and an AUSA earlier that day in preparation for his trial testimony; denied that he learned about Jabril Harper’s murder directly from Rodshaun Black; and testified that his prior statement to the Buffalo Police Department consisted of information he was told to say by the detectives who interviewed him.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Buffalo Police Department, under the direction of Commissioner Byron Lockwood; the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Stephen Belongia; and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, under the direction of under the direction of Acting Commissioner Anthony J. Annucci.
18:1512C.F and 18:1512(j) TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS, VICTIM OR INFORMANT
(2)
Outcome: Court sentences defendant on Count 2 of the Indictment to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 62 months with a period of 3 years supervised release. Court imposes the standard conditions of release along with drug and alcohol evaluation/treatment. The defendant shall cooperate in the collection of a DNA sample and submit to a search condition. No fine. $100 special assessment fee is due immediately. Court advises the defendant of his rights regarding appeal. Court grants Government's motion to dismiss Count 1 of the Indictment as to this defendant.
01/21/2021 128 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Hon. Frank P. Geraci, Jr.: Sentencing held on 1/21/2021 for Jonathan Singletary. Court sentences defendant on Count 2 of the Indictment to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 62 months with a period of 3 years supervised release. Court imposes the standard conditions of release along with drug and alcohol evaluation/treatment. The defendant shall cooperate in the collection of a DNA sample and submit to a search condition. No fine. $100 special assessment fee is due immediately. Court advises the defendant of his rights regarding appeal. Court grants Government's motion to dismiss Count 1 of the Indictment as to this defendant.
Court requests the defendant remain in the current facility for the next three weeks so that he can receive proper dental treatment before he is moved to a federal facility.
Appearances: Nicholas Cooper, AUSA; Frank Bogulski, Esq., with defendant; Matthew Zenger, USPO. All Appearances by Zoom. (Court Reporter Christi Macri.) (JDK) (Entered: 01/21/2021)
01/21/2021 129 CONSENT ORDER to proceed by video as to Jonathan Singletary. Signed by Hon. Frank P. Geraci, Jr. on 1/21/2021.(JDK) (Entered: 01/21/2021)
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