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- Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton’s fight for freedom hit another road block.
- Buju Banton, real name Mark Myrie, is currently serving a 10-year sentence in a Tampa prison after being convicted of drug trafficking charges on February 2011 and he is also facing an additional five years on a gun charge.
- Buju Banton lawyers, headed by Chokwe Lumumba, hired earlier this month a computer expert to inspect a juror’s hard drive for any evidence of misconduct.
- According to the Tampa Bay Times the IT detective that inspected Terri Wright’s computer found a total of 1.6 million records in the computer history between the specified time frame set by the judge but as a result, Banton’s computer expert, uncovered no evidence of misconduct blowing away Buju’s hope for a new trial.
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- Buju Banton’s lawyer Chokwe Lumumba said Juror Teri Wright handed over the wrong computer. However, Wright’s lawyer Lori Palmieri said she only had one computer.Judge Moody has yet to make a formal ruling on the matter.
- If any records pertaining to Buju’s case had been found on her computer, grounds would have existed for a possible mistrial after a court order was issued during the early stages of the trial, prohibiting jurors from researching aspects of the case. Doing so also constitutes as a violation of federal court laws.
- Juror Teri Wright had reportedly admitted to doing research of the case to a Florida newspaper last fall, which led to Buju’s legal team filing an investigation application into the alleged misconduct. The application was approved, pushing back Buju’s re-sentencing on the drug charge.
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Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton’s fight for freedom hit another road block.
Buju Banton, real name Mark Myrie, is currently serving a 10-year sentence in a Tampa prison after being convicted of drug trafficking charges on February 2011 and he is also facing an additional five years on a gun charge.
Buju Banton lawyers, headed by Chokwe Lumumba, hired earlier this month a computer expert to inspect a juror’s hard drive for any evidence of misconduct.
According to the Tampa Bay Times the IT detective that inspected Terri Wright’s computer found a total of 1.6 million records in the computer history between the specified time frame set by the judge but as a result, Banton’s computer expert, uncovered no evidence of misconduct blowing away Buju’s hope for a new trial.
