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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #60 on: December 15, 2009, 09:22:08 AM »
Ah predicting Buju opening statement on his trial....


"I buju may not be familiar with how de country run,,,,, look how dey fightin sensimelia makin way fuh coke to come...''

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #61 on: December 15, 2009, 09:40:49 AM »
Buju Banton's Management mum
Published: Tuesday | December 15, 2009


Up to late yesterday, there was no word from the management team of dancehall star Buju Banton on his arrest in Florida.
Sources told The Gleaner that the management team and an attorney had discussed the case with Jamaican government officials in Florida, but there was no confirmation.

It was also not clear if Buju had retained the services of an attorney.

"Feelers came to me and other attorneys but no one has yet been retained, and I'm not sure who is acting on his behalf," attorney-at-law, Professor David Rowe, told The Gleaner late yesterday.

Rowe pointed out that any attorney who was retained would have to take the case on a temporary basis until checks were completed about the source of the money which would be used to pay their fee.

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #62 on: December 15, 2009, 01:20:48 PM »
"Driver......doh even stick.. cause if you run in the feds my friend that is it"............Buju Banton

All kicks aside, this is a sad story. Hope he comes out on top.


I have no reason to doubt the legitimacy of the allegations.

Been intrigued with this track fuh a while now ... on constant replay while ah en route, and just tuh-day tuh-day, totally unaware of his legal circumstances, surmised trouble was on the horizon.

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #63 on: December 15, 2009, 07:39:44 PM »
***Buju Banton's complaint affidavit***

See this link for exactly what Buju is charged with and to assess his chances from a lawyer's perspective of getting off!

http://www.dancehall.mobi/buju-banton-complaint-affidavit.pdf
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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #64 on: December 15, 2009, 08:00:52 PM »
^^^That's actually two different documents... the first is the criminal complaint, the second is his arrest warrant (as applied for before the magistrate).  Too early to even assess what his chances of getting off would be since we don't know what the state can prove, only what they're alleging.  Quite often there's a world of difference between the two.

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #65 on: December 15, 2009, 08:22:44 PM »

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #67 on: December 16, 2009, 01:03:21 AM »
DEA Surveillance video

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #68 on: December 16, 2009, 05:26:40 AM »
the public response

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091215/lead/lead3.html

great intelligence ****sigh****

Of all the comments that didn't make sense, the security guard's was the worse....ah still scratching mih head.   ??? ???  :-\

The teacher's was the most coherent.  The last response remind me of what my friend told me when he heard the news.  He CONVINCED Buju would never dealt up with cocaine....ganja yes but not coke....
"...If yuh clothes tear up
Or yuh shoes burst off,
You could still jump up when music play.
Old lady, young baby, everybody could dingolay...
Dingolay, ay, ay, ay ay,
Dingolay ay, ay, ay..."

RIP Shadow....The legend will live on in music...

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #69 on: December 16, 2009, 08:42:46 AM »
the public response

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091215/lead/lead3.html
They think is third world police he dealing with. They must have evidence to charge him.

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #70 on: December 16, 2009, 10:35:45 AM »
Aight, leh me start de controversy:

De whole Rasta/dreadlocks/Buju doh deal wid coke ting ... to put it mildly is a distraction ... while it may challenge our ideals, it lacks merit. Moreover, there may be substantial experience to the contrary located among no less than other artistes.

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #71 on: December 16, 2009, 11:14:14 AM »
Buju seeks bail - Lawyer says reggae superstar has denied all allegations against him
Published: Wednesday | December 16, 2009


Arthur Hall, Senior Staff Reporter

International reggae star Mark 'Buju Banton' Myrie has strongly denied any involvement in the illegal drugs trade.

Buju, who has been one of the standard bearers for reggae music for more than a decade, made the declaration through his legal representative yesterday as he prepared for his first day in court.

"My client says he is absolutely innocent of each of the allegations that the (United States) government has made," attorney-at-law Herbert E Walker III told The Gleaner late yesterday.

Defence team on the ball

Walker, who has been retained to represent Buju, said he was looking forward to the trial.

"You can tell your readers that his defence team is working night and day to protect his interest as he vigorously and vehemently denies all of the allegations," Walker added.

Buju has already spent five days in federal custody in the United States and remains in jail pending his court appearance today at a pre-trial detention hearing.

This is when the US authorities will outline more details of the allegations against him and he will get a chance to apply for bail.

Already the authorities have claimed they have audio and video footage of Buju and others making arrangements to purchase several kilograms of cocaine.

However, Walker said that will not prevent him from asking the court to release Buju on bail.

"It is a detention hearing and a sort of status update where the government will bring in all the evidence it has," he said. "It was set for last Friday, but the government was not ready to proceed as they needed more time to get their evidence together."

He noted that under US law it is the defendant who has to prove that he should be granted bail because, with the serious nature of the charge, there is what is called "a presumption of detention".

"But the fact of the matter is the court still has to make an individual determination as to whether to grant bail.

"It is our position that he should be granted bail because he is innocent and is looking forward to establish that in a court of law."

Buju is slated to appear in the US District Court in the Southern District of Florida at 10 this morning.

Removal hearing

After today's hearing, the artiste will return to court on December 28 for a removal hearing, where the trial will be switched from the Middle District of Florida to the Southern District.

The affidavit, against Buju and his two alleged conspirators was initially filed in the Middle District.

In that affidavit, a special agent with the US Drug Enforcement Administration alleged that Buju and two others knowingly and wilfully conspired to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine.

The co-accused were identified as Ian Thomas and James Mack, who were allegedly arrested in a sting operation when they attempted to buy cocaine.

A firearm was also reportedly taken from a vehicle driven by one of the men.

Buju, who was not on the scene at the time of the drug bust, was later arrested on charges of dealing in illegal drugs and could spend more than 20 years in a federal prison if he is found guilty.

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #72 on: December 16, 2009, 11:14:26 AM »
Life imitating Art... or Life inspiring Art?  :thinking:

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #73 on: December 16, 2009, 01:00:19 PM »
Aight, leh me start de controversy:

De whole Rasta/dreadlocks/Buju doh deal wid coke ting ... to put it mildly is a distraction ... while it may challenge our ideals, it lacks merit. Moreover, there may be substantial experience to the contrary located among no less than other artistes.

agreed. Just cuz he rasta/Buju don't mean a thing
It's like saying, he's Jamaican so he is guilty...
we don't know till the facts come out; and they will...look at Tiger Woods' situation
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Reggae star Buju Banton to be transferred to Tampa in drug case
« Reply #74 on: December 16, 2009, 01:06:33 PM »
Reggae star Buju Banton to be transferred to Tampa in drug case
By Jacqueline Charles (Miami Herald)


Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton agreed Wednesday to be transferred from Miami to Tampa, where he faces federal drug charges.

Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, is accused along with two others of allegedly attempting to buy more than five kilograms of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer in Sarasota last week. Banton was arrested Thursday at his home in Tamarac. The charges carry a maximum setence of life in prison, his lawyer said.

Wearing a beige jail jumpsuit and shackles, Banton, 36, sat expressionless in the front row of the Miami federal courtroom Wednesday morning, his trademark dreadlocks pulled back off his narrow face and rolled into a bundle.

Occasionally he looked out into the courtroom where, in the back row, his publicist and two members of the local Jamaican Consulate observed the proceedings.

The only time Banton spoke was when he uttered his real name and age, and confirmed to U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff that he was indeed waiving his bail hearing in Miami to be transferred to Tampa.

``He's a very spiritual person. He's a very positive person,'' his attorney, Herbert Erving Walker III, said about his mood. ``He's confident he's going to be exonerated.''

Walker added that Banton, whose album Rasta Got Soul is nominated for the Grammy Reggae Album of the Year, is looking forward to ``getting back to doing what he does, which is make music for the people of the world.''
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Re: Reggae star Buju Banton to be transferred to Tampa in drug case
« Reply #75 on: December 16, 2009, 01:58:44 PM »
Reggae star Buju Banton to be transferred to Tampa in drug case
By Jacqueline Charles (Miami Herald)


Wearing a beige jail jumpsuit and shackles, Banton, 36, sat expressionless in the front row of the Miami federal courtroom Wednesday morning, his trademark dreadlocks pulled back off his narrow face and rolled into a bundle.

Ah really wasn't feeling no kinda sympathy before eh... ah mean, after all guilty or not guilty he de one put heself in this alleged situation.  But actually picturing that there real hard... fella, all ah could say is

a) ah hope the allegations not true
b) If they have any truth to them ah hope yuh attorney worth he salt.

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #76 on: December 16, 2009, 04:12:16 PM »
DEA Surveillance video

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waaayyy... lol
         

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #77 on: December 16, 2009, 04:31:49 PM »
DEA Surveillance video

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waaayyy... lol

admissible or not?

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« Reply #78 on: December 16, 2009, 04:41:00 PM »
DEA Surveillance video

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waaayyy... lol

admissible or not?

damning if yuh ask me..
         

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« Reply #79 on: December 16, 2009, 06:21:52 PM »
DEA Surveillance video

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waaayyy... lol

admissible or not?

damning if yuh ask me..

you envision a dancehall afficionado being on the jury?

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« Reply #80 on: December 16, 2009, 06:23:57 PM »
admissible or not?

Not if he lawyer know what he doing...

Hearsay; FRE 404(b)

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #81 on: December 16, 2009, 06:27:15 PM »
DEA Surveillance video

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waaayyy... lol

admissible or not?
No Way
thats like saying ya want to charge Denzel with being a crime boss ;D
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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #82 on: December 16, 2009, 06:40:12 PM »
Aight, leh me start de controversy:

De whole Rasta/dreadlocks/Buju doh deal wid coke ting ... to put it mildly is a distraction ... while it may challenge our ideals, it lacks merit. Moreover, there may be substantial experience to the contrary located among no less than other artistes.
Buju put in his service ,i suspect jah would deliver him out of the land of Babylon and back  , .he eased up of the Rasta vibes I suspect .
This was when he was on the rsta vibes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pev5L34hX34

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Re: Buju banton locked up
« Reply #83 on: December 17, 2009, 10:06:01 AM »
I always support Buju and if he innocent I will continue to support him.

But if he guilty I cyah support that cause he eh have no business dealing with cocaine. And if he selling it then he helping destroy ah generation and he go be better off off the street. Ah hope he really ent in that.

But they say he "taste" the cocaine ???

If they have him on video or audio tasting the coke, he gone thru fuh sure.

But he innocent until proven guilty and once he innocent he go...."walk like ah champion, talk like ah champion"

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Buju Banton reportedly assembling high profile legal team
« Reply #84 on: December 22, 2009, 03:05:53 PM »
Buju Banton reportedly assembling high profile legal team
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Federal Criminal Defence Lawyer, Frank A Rubino, who has tried hundreds of cases involving serious federal and international criminal offenses including the case against Panamanian General, Manuel Noriega is being recruited by the management for embattled reggae artiste, Buju Banton, a report on Inernet website caribbeanworldnews.com states.

CaribWorldNews quotes president of Banton's Gargamel Music, Tracii McGregor, as saying that current attorney, Herbert Walker, III, was simply hired to represent Banton during his initial court appearance.


BANTON... along with Ian Thomas and James Jackson Mack, was indicted on December 15


It is said that McGregor revealed that she has been meeting with several top criminal attorneys to take over the case. They include top criminal defence attorneys David Oscar Markus, who was named a 2009 Florida SuperLawyer for White Collar Criminal Defence Representation and was listed in the 2009 Chambers & Partners for White Collar Crime & Government Investigations and Frank Rubino.

"Walker has never really been our attorney," said McGregor in an exclusive interview with CaribWorldNews. "This is Buju and we're going to get him the top legal representation there is. We are ready to fight."

In the interview on Friday, McGregor, it is reported, insisted the singer, born Mark Anthony Myrie, was "innocent" and that the label would pursue the best legal team to prove this.

So far the deejay has not been transferred to Tampa, since waiving his right to a bail hearing Wednesday in preference for a Tampa trial.

"A clearly emotional McGregor revealed that she was in New York last Thursday afternoon, when she got the 'shocking' call of Banton's arrest," the website report stated.

It said that McGregor had been in Florida for the past few weeks preparing for the move of the label officially to the Sunshine State.

McGregor also revealed the label will soon release a new video on the four-time Grammy Award-winning singer's new song, Optimistic Soul, from his new album, Rasta Got Soul.

Banton, along with Ian Thomas and James Jackson Mack, was indicted on December 15. The federal indictment claims that the trio "knowingly and willing fully conspired with each other and with others to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a substance containing a delectable amount of cocaine".

If convicted, he faces 20 to life on the charge while all property deemed to have been gained from drug distribution could be forfeited.
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Re: Buju Banton reportedly assembling high profile legal team
« Reply #85 on: December 22, 2009, 03:06:19 PM »
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Re: Buju Banton reportedly assembling high profile legal team
« Reply #86 on: December 22, 2009, 03:26:53 PM »
Ah wonder how close Buju is to his co-defendants? Ah could only imagine the pressure on them to cut ah deal and flip on him.

His label might be best served to pick up their legal bills too, cuz if Buju lawyered-up while dem men rolling with public defenders, it have too much incentive for men to turn informer. It's one thing to jump up in a dancehall and bawl "informer fi dead", but when yuh facing decades in jail...

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« Reply #87 on: December 22, 2009, 03:56:10 PM »
... and juss like dat Walker get kick tuh de curb... white man ice colder, lol

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« Reply #88 on: December 23, 2009, 07:18:41 AM »
"substance containing a delectable amount of cocaine".

delectable.....nice
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Re: Buju Banton reportedly assembling high profile legal team
« Reply #89 on: December 24, 2009, 10:59:57 PM »
shit him need fi see if him could get jah to be one of his layers.. I hear dey have de dread on video tasting coke..  look ting!!!!!!!!!!

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