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Date: 02-27-2024

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State of New York v. Karl Jordan Jr., a/k/a Little D and Ronald Washington

Case Number: 1:20-cr-00305

Judge: LaShann DeArcy Hall

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Kings County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn

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Description: Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and multiple other felonies.

Karl Jordan Jr., age 40, and his childhood friend, Ronald Washington, age 59, killed Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay. after he cut them out of a cocaine trafficking deal in 2002.

21:848(e)(1)(A); 18:2 and 3551 et seq. - CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
(1)
Title 21, United States Code, Section 848(e)(l)(A); Title 18, Unite States Code, Sections 2 and 3551 et seq. = Murder of Jason Mizell While Engaged in Narcotics Trafficking
(1s)
21, Section 848(e)(1)(A); Title 18, Sections 2 and 3551 et seq. - Murder of Jason Mizell While Engaged in Narcotics Trafficking
(1ss)
18:924(j)(1), 2 and 3551 et seq. - VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN WHERE DEATH OCCURS
(2)
Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924G){l), 2 and 3551 et seq. = Firearm Related Murder of Jason Mizell
(2s)
18, Sections 924(j)(1), 2 and 3551 et seq. - Firearm Related Murder of Jason Mizell
(2ss)
21:846 and 841(b)(1)(C); 18:3551 et seq. - CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS
(3)
Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(b)(l)(A)(iii) and 84 (b)(l)(C); Title 18, United States Code, Sections 3551 et seq. = Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances
(3s)
21, Sections 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(iii) and 841(b)(1)(C); 18, Sections 3551 et seq. - Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances
(3ss)
21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C); 18:2 and 3551 et seq. - NARCOTICS - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE
(4-9)
Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(c)(l)(A)(i), 2 and 3551 t seq. = Use of Firearms in Connection with a Drug Trafficking Crime
(4s)
18, Sections 924(c)(1)(A)(i), 2 and 3551 et seq. - Use of Firearms in Connection with a Drug Trafficking Crime
(4ss)
Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(l) and 84l(b)(l)(C); Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2 and 3551 et seq. = Distribution of Cocaine
(5s)
21, Sections 841 (a)(1) and 841 (b)(1) (C); Title 18, Sections 2 and 3551 et seq. - Distribution of Cocaine
(5ss-9ss)
Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(l) and 841(b)(l)(C); Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2 and 3551 et seq. = Distribution of Cocaine
(6s)
Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(l) and 84l(b)(l)(C); Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2 and 3551 et seq. = Distribution of Cocaine
(7s-9s)
21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C); 18:2 and 3551 - NARCOTICS - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE
(10)
Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(l) and 841(b)(l)(C); Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2 and 3551 et seq. = Distribution of Cocaine
(10s)
21, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C); Title 18, Sections 2 and 3551 et seq.- Distribution of Cocaine
(10ss-11ss)
Title 21, United States Code, Sections 84l(a)(l) and 84l(b)(l)(C); Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2 and 3551 et seq. = Distribution of Cocaine
(11s)

Outcome: Defendants were found guilty. The face life in federal prison.

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