{"id":5181,"date":"2026-08-10T17:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5181"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:41:14","slug":"jurors-stun-courtroom-with-last-minute-discovery-as-trial-comes-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5181","title":{"rendered":"Jurors Stun Courtroom With Last-Minute Discovery as Trial Comes to a Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Jurors deliberating in a monthlong federal armed robbery trial in Washington, D.C., stumbled onto a key piece of evidence that investigators, prosecutors and defense attorneys had all somehow missed. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5180\">CNN Data Guru Reveals \u2018Red Lights Flashing\u2019 for Top Trump Goon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Chinese yuan bill tucked in one piece of clothing and a suspicious white powder folded inside a piece of paper in another were discovered during deliberations in the trial of Shamell Naquan Joyner, who was accused of robbing a string of 7-Elevens and gas stations, and stealing cars, in the spring of 2023.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It took the jurors themselves to uncover the evidence in the pocket of the defendant\u2019s jacket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Neither the D.C. U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, law enforcement, nor Joyner\u2019s defense team had known the items were there. The mix-up rattled longtime lawyers across the federal court, with several telling CNN they\u2019d never heard of anything quite so embarrassing, though some former D.C. prosecutors said it isn\u2019t unheard of for evidence to slip past investigators.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras, who has a decade on the bench, didn\u2019t hide his disbelief. \u201cThe Court shares Mr. Joyner\u2019s amazement at law enforcement\u2019s failure to uncover the Chinese Yuan, note, and powdery substance in the physical evidence,\u201d he wrote in an opinion. <\/p>\n<p>From the bench, he added, \u201cMr. Liolos, who I know is from New York, is probably astonished that any money got past the police department,\u201d referring to Joyner\u2019s attorney John Liolos. <\/p>\n<p>According to a trial transcript obtained by CNN, the jury foreperson described the moment a juror reached into a jacket\u2019s breast pocket. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=5179\">Trump\u2019s Blonde Companion, 35, Sparks Speculation With Signature Accessory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were looking at (the jacket), and (one of the jurors) reached in the breast pocket, and she pulled out \u2014 it looked like a receipt, but there was a white powder or white substance inside,\u201d the foreperson said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of it, kind of, spilled out a little bit, but (a juror) put it back in the pocket and we put it back in the bag.\u201d A search of a sweatshirt turned up more. \u201cHe pulled out\u2014it was crumpled up\u2014it was a bill\u2026one of the Chinese Yuan bills,\u201d the foreperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Contreras brought jurors in one by one, telling them the items weren\u2019t part of the case\u2019s evidence; each said they could set the discovery aside. <\/p>\n<p>Deliberations resumed, and the jury ultimately deadlocked on 15 of 28 counts, citing disagreement over reasonable doubt, but convicted Joyner on 13 charges tied to five armed robberies and a carjacking. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe jury\u2019s verdict ensures the defendant will face a 31-year mandatory minimum sentence,\u201d a U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office spokesperson said. 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