Biography
Carlos Coleman, known as King Spanky, was a Greensboro Latin Kings defendant in United States v. Cornell. He did not plead guilty in that federal case. On November 13, 2012, the court granted his Rule 29 judgment of acquittal and dismissed the case against him. The court’s acquittal date does not establish discharge from any separate state sentence. His individual arrest, admission and physical release dates remain unverified.
The May 1, 2013 Cornell opinion records the court’s November 13, 2012 Rule 29 judgment of acquittal for Coleman, separately from the jury acquittals on November 21. It provides no physical discharge date and does not resolve any separate state custody. Source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ncmd-1_11-cr-00402/pdf/USCOURTS-ncmd-1_11-cr-00402-1.pdf#page=2
Acquittal versus custody correction, October 12, 2026: The court’s original order, page 2 footnote 2, visually inspected, records Coleman’s November 13, 2012 acquittal. It does not report a physical release. DOJ’s December 6, 2011 announcement confirms he was already in custody but does not distinguish his individual arrest from state detainer custody. The support roster gives state number 1204102 and Polk CI, then an undated Released label. The false guilty-plea statement, unsupported exact arrest/release endpoints and calculated duration are removed; federal acquittal is not treated as proof of state-prison discharge.
