OK - opioids trial of US v. Larry Doud of Rochester Drug Co-operative nearing end, Judge Daniels has been asking defense lawyer Gottlieb why witnesses not ready, now a pharmacist on stand. Inner City Press covering the case & will live tweet as it can, thread below 
Pharmacy owner: I signed up with RDC, it was easy. The customers were re-selling the pills, unfortunately.
AUSA: And your pharmacist?
Owner: He basically slept all day.
AUSA: Is this is a photo of him sleeping?
Owner: Yes.
AUSA: And your pharmacist?
Owner: He basically slept all day.
AUSA: Is this is a photo of him sleeping?
Owner: Yes.
AUSA: Did you fill prescriptions for Doctors like Suarez and Carl Anderson?
Owner(Paulson, of "Regal Remedies" on Staten Island) Yes.
Owner(Paulson, of "Regal Remedies" on Staten Island) Yes.
Email is read into the record, about how many opioids were being sold, ending with "It's Staten Island, need I say more?"
story later
story later
Paulson now on cross:
Doud's second chair: You don't actually know Mr. Doud, do you?
Paulson: I do not.
Doud's 2d chair: You signed a cooperation agreement just before trial, and surrender to jail, right?
Paulson: Correct.
Doud's second chair: You don't actually know Mr. Doud, do you?
Paulson: I do not.
Doud's 2d chair: You signed a cooperation agreement just before trial, and surrender to jail, right?
Paulson: Correct.
Doud's 2d chair: You sold pills out of the back door of your pharmacy, didn't you?
Paulson: Yes.
Doud's 2d chair: You fraudulently held yourself out as a pharmacist, weren't you?
Paulson: Yes.
Paulson: Yes.
Doud's 2d chair: You fraudulently held yourself out as a pharmacist, weren't you?
Paulson: Yes.
Doud's 2d chair: You filed false papers with RDC, didn't you?
Paulson: I did.
Doud's 2d chair: They wouldn't know the papers were false, would they?
Paulson: I dealt with doctors they knew were hot.
Doud's 2d chair: That's not my question.
Paulson: I did.
Doud's 2d chair: They wouldn't know the papers were false, would they?
Paulson: I dealt with doctors they knew were hot.
Doud's 2d chair: That's not my question.
Doud's 2d chair: You worked before at a pharmacy on 86th Street in Brooklyn, right?
Paulson: Yes.
Doud's 2d chair: And that's a working class neighborhood, fair to say?
Paulson: Fair to say.
No further questions.
Paulson: Yes.
Doud's 2d chair: And that's a working class neighborhood, fair to say?
Paulson: Fair to say.
No further questions.
Re-direct.
AUSA: Who sold you the drugs?
Paulson: RDC.
AUSA: Did they appear to be decieved?
Paulson: Not to me.
AUSA: Who sold you the drugs?
Paulson: RDC.
AUSA: Did they appear to be decieved?
Paulson: Not to me.
AUSA: No further questions.... The government calls its own paralegal as a witness.
Story later
Story later
Judge Daniels, to jury: I intend to finish with witnesses tomorrow. I won't have you come in Friday, I've heard there is a storm. Closing arguments on Monday.
Adjourned.
Again, story later - Mag court check-in first.
Adjourned.
Again, story later - Mag court check-in first.
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