SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 10 – Bryan Duncan was convicted in a slip and fall insurance fraud conspiracy and has been awaiting sentencing, with restitution to be determined.
On May 29 he called the Chambers voicemail of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Sidney H. Stein. Judge Stein ordered Duncan "to have no further direct contact with chambers," and scheduled a July 10 proceeding. Inner City Press, which covered the trial, covered this as well.
Duncan's new lawyer, based in Orlando and having just been tested for Coronavirus, explained that he agreed with his client that the restitution proposed was too high. He proposed a hearing, with as witnesses two family members and one trial witness.
Judge Stein said the issue should be negotiated, that he did not favor a big evidentiary hearing at this stage. He set another telephone conference and urged the parties to resolve the issue before then, adding that Duncan probably couldn't pay the restitution whatever the number. He wished Duncan's lawyer good health.
The case is US v. Duncan, 18-cr-289 (Stein)
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