Mendeecees: My Ex-Lawyer & The Judge Screwed Up! Let Me Out Of Prison Early!

Mendeecees In Bid To Reduce Sentence For Drug Trafficking

Love & Hip Hop New York’s Mendeecees Harris is calling BS on his eight-year sentence for drug trafficking because he said it was levied under expired sentencing guidelines and wants the judge to reduce it immediately.

A lawyer for the drug dealer turned reality star and motivational speaker said in court papers last week that his sentence is bogus because he was sent away under sentencing guidelines that expired the year before, and his old lawyer, Donald Thompson, should’ve filed an appeal of the sentence, but never did.

His new lawyer, Dawn Florio, also cast doubt over the way the feds portrayed her client’s involvement in the coke and heroin ring.

Mendeecees has been trying to get his federal sentence for drug dealing reduced by three years, arguing that he could be a force of good on the outside by speaking to kids and helping them stay off the streets and out of the drug dealing lifestyle.

Florio said the sentence the judge gave Mendeecees was flat out wrong, put him at a severe disadvantage and the error warrants a review. She said the judge has the authority to make things right by lowering his sentence.

The lawyer said that had the correct sentencing policy been used, the judge could have reduced Mendeecees’ time in prison.

The feds have opposed Mendeecees’ bid for a lower sentence, arguing that the court lacks the authority to reduce his time. They said he was a major drug trafficker who needs to serve his full sentence and his plea deal was already very generous, according to the court papers.

Last year, a judge sentenced Mendeecees to eight to ten years in federal lockup after he admitted to being part of a drug ring that trafficked cocaine and heroin from New York City to Upstate New York. He is currently serving his sentence in a federal lockup in Pennsylvania.

Florio, Mendeecees’ lawyer, also said the government mischaracterized Mendeecees’ involvement in the drug ring. She said the feds said he dealt drugs for “years” when in fact he admitted he did traffic the hard stuff from 2006 through 2008.

She also said the government’s assertion that Mendeecees’ distributed several kilos of drugs was another mischaracterization. Florio said he was more like a courier, collecting the illicit product from one person and handing them over to another. She said that means he deserves less blame than his co-defendants.

“There are no clear allegations that the defendant acted as a broker, set any prices nor was aware of the full scope of the criminal enterprise,” Mendeecees lawyer said in court docs.

The lawyer contends those factors weren’t considered when the judge handed down Mendeecees’ sentence.

“Justice has been served and the defendant’s release would benefit the community…” Mendeecees’ lawyer wrote.

Mendeecees has been a model prisoner since getting locked up, going to rehab and taking classes on fitness, parenting and financial management, his court papers state.

A judge hasn’t yet ruled on the decision.