Lee Berry

Released
Date of birth:16. 01. 1946
Date of death:07. 03. 2024
Age:78† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 28 Days
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Black Liberation Black Panther Party Panther 21
Lee Berry

Biography

Lee Berry was a Vietnam War veteran and Black Panther Party member who was hospitalized at Bronx Veterans Affairs hospital with severe epilepsy when NYPD took him into custody as one of the Panther 21 on April 2, 1969. His case was severed from the others on medical grounds, and the conspiracy charges were ultimately dismissed without his having stood trial.

Photo credit

Lee Berry portrait accompanying RAI News obituary, March 27, 2024. Cropped. Photographer not identified on the source page.

Case

Manhattan House of Detention (the Tombs)
Charges: New York state Panther 21 conspiracy counts (April 2, 1969 indictment); charges severed on medical grounds and ultimately dismissed.
Arrested: Apr 3, 1969
Incarcerated: Apr 3, 1969
Released: May 1, 1970
Sentence: No sentence; charges dismissed.
Judge: Marks — April 3, 1969 arraignment only. Source: The Black Panther, March 7, 1970, p. 4.
Convicted: No
Institution State: New York

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