Man Who Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crack and Cocaine Got 15 Years Now a Co-D Asks Delay

Man Who Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crack and Cocaine Got 15 Years Now a Co-D Asks Delay by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 11 – A man who was charged with narcotics conspiracy and jailed came to plead guilty before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jennifer L. Rochon. Inner City Press was there, the only media in the courtroom gallery.    Judge Rochon told him the maximum penalty is life in prison - then read from the plea agreement he signed, putting the guidelines at 360 months -- thirty years - to live. This for 400 grams of fentanyl, 280 grams of cocaine base and 500 grams of cocaine.  There are co-defendants in the case.  On April 6 for one of the co-defendants, Hector Felix, had counsel write in regarding bail. On April 27, Luis Martinez was sentenced to 15 years in prison. On May 15 co-defendant Delerosa pled guilty, with sentencing set for August 19. On August 11 his white shoe CJA from MoFo wrote in asking to push sentencing to September 24, 25 or 30, "to provide the defense with sufficient time to prepare for sentencing following receipt of the final Presentence Investigation Report on August 7." The overall case is USA v. Martinez, et al., 1:24-cr-376 (Rochon) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2025 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com