WASHINGTON, D.C. (WMBF) – The nation’s highest court made a ruling on a case that impacts a man accused of being connected to Brittanee Drexel’s disappearance.
The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision last week that clears the way for an unrelated federal robbery case against Timothy Dashaun Taylor to move forward.
The federal government brought its own charges against Taylor in a 2011 robbery case, even after he already served 18 months probation on state charges.
He was indicted on those federal charges in 2016, but his attorney has called it unconstitutional because of the double jeopardy clause.
Taylor’s sentencing was on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court considered another case, U.S. v. Gamble. It’s similar to Taylor’s in that the defendant claimed he was tried twice for the same crime, once in state court and then in federal.
However, on June 17, the Supreme Court justices declined the appeal, citing what’s known as dual sovereignty doctrine, which says state and federal courts are two different entities, therefore the same case can be tried twice.
Taylor could face 10 to 20 years in prison. A sentencing date hasn’t been set.
Taylor has been connected to Drexel’s disappearance. The teenager vanished 10 years ago while on spring break in Myrtle Beach.
Taquan Brown, a jailhouse informant, told the NBC affiliate in Rochester, N.Y. that he saw Drexel at an abandoned house in McClellanville, two days after she was last seen in Myrtle Beach.
In 2016, the Brown implicated Taylor in Drexel’s disappearance. An FBI agent said Brown told him he witnessed Taylor and others sexually abuse Drexel at a stash house in the McClellanville area.
Who were the 2 people arguing over Brittanee Drexel Cell Phone that Da'shaun Taylor knew of ?? Why he get so mad for ?? Hiding something ..
HE KNOWS A LOT MORE THAN HE IS SAYING ..
WHO DID DA'SHAUN TAYLOR SNITCH ON ?? SAID, "SOMEONE
ELSE HAD BRITTANEE DREXEL CELLPHONE." HEARD 2 PEOPLE
ARGUING OVER IT.
The documents revealed Taylor had told the FBI about an argument he overheard in June 2016 between two people whose names were redacted from the records.
The quarrel was sparked by an accusation that someone had Drexel’s cellphone.
“Taylor advised that neither of them ever confided to him that they were involved in Drexel’s disappearance,” the polygraph report stated, “but Taylor thought the argument was suspicious.”
During the questioning, the filings added, Taylor continued to deny withholding any information and started “shouting angrily.”
The interview was ended.
To get that Mad you know he is hiding things. He knows who all Gang
Raped that poor girl. Showed her off in 3 different cities. North Charleston,
Georgetown and McClellanville. Human Trafficking. Sold Her.
To get that Mad you know he is hiding things. He knows who all Gang
Raped that poor girl. Showed her off in 3 different cities. North Charleston,
Georgetown and McClellanville. Human Trafficking. Sold Her.
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