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The three men rode together to the barbershop where Rangel was getting his hair cut, then Spann gave Simmons some instructions, Nunnery testified. Nunnery said he, Spann and the gunman, Donell “Squeaky” Simmons were hired by the Conservative Vice Lords to carry out the hit and were expecting a six-figure payout. Spann’s decision to take the witness stand comes after prosecutors spent more than five weeks laying out their evidence in the case, which has included testimony from numerous former associates of Spann’s who agreed to cooperate in exchange for leniency.Įarlier this month, Martise Nunnery told jurors he helped carry out the slaying of Rangel, which is by far the most high-profile act of violence in the indictment and served as the inspiration for rapper DMX’s hit “A ‘Yo Kato.”

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Five years ago, Hobos gang leader Gregory “Bowlegs” Chester testified at his RICO trial before being convicted and sentenced to 40 years. It’s always risky for a defendant to testify in his own defense, especially in federal court. “I said, ‘(Expletive) Fours, I’m done,’” Spann testified. His attorney, Matthew McQuaid, quipped, “OK. At one point, after cursing into the microphone repeatedly in a lengthy answer, Spann caught himself and said, “Excuse my language.” District Judge Thomas Durkin’s overflow courtroom. Spann’s animated testimony drew chuckles at times from spectators in U.S. He testified similarly when asked about Rangel’s killing, saying he had no idea who the Latin Kings boss even was when he heard Rangel had been shot. … I’m not no angel, I’m not no saint, but I ain’t got nothin’ to do with none of them murders.”Īs his attorney took him one by one through the six killings identified in the indictment, Spann grew louder in his denials, yelling, “No - hell no! None of that (expletive),” when asked if he was responsible for the 2000 murder of Maximillion McDaniel.

“A gangster ain’t gonna kill another gangster for no coward.

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“One code I respect - gangster,” Spann said. Spann admitted he sold drugs and committed robberies for the gang, but said murder was never his way of doing business.

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