Julio Irizarry - Perjury
Irizarry, Julio ; drug possession/sale; NRE: plea, perjury/false accusation, no crime, police officer misconduct, wirhheld exculpatory evidence, misconduct that is not withholding evidence, perjury by official
NRE synopsis (by Maurice Possley):
"On February 21, 2017, New York City police detective Joseph Franco arrested 46-year-old Julio Irizarry after Franco reported that he saw Irizarry sell drugs to an unidentified man inside the lobby of a building at 288 Delancey street in Manhattan.
"On June 28, 2017, Irizarry pled guilty in [Manhattan] to criminal possession of a controlled sustance in the third degree. He was sentenced three years in prison to be served concurrently with a five-year sentence that was imposed in a separate unrelated drug case.
"In 2018, Franco came under investigation by the [Manhattan DA's] Office after video from a surveillance camera in the lobby showed that on the afternoon of his arrest, Irizarry entered 288 Delancey Street, went upstairs to another floor, then came back down and left the building in less than a minute.
"There was no drug sale in the lobby. In addition, video from outside the bulding showed that after Irizarry went inside, Franco walked straight past the building without going near the entrance, making it impossibe for Franco to have seen anything inside the lobby.
"On December 5, 2918, after an investigation by the [Manhattan DA's] Office, prosecutors asked that Irizarry's conviction be vacated and the charges were dismissed. The prosecution also agreed to reduce Irizarry's separate five-year sentence to 3.5 years.
"In April 2019, Franco was indicted on 16 counts, including perjury and official misconduct for framing Irizarry and two other people -- Turrell Irving and Tameeka Baker. "
