BURLINGTON — Carl Martin, 37, of Colchester, was convicted on five of six counts on June 10, following a five-day jury trial before United States District Judge William K. Sessions III.
In October 2020, Martin was charged in a multi-count federal grand jury indictment with participating in a conspiracy to sell cocaine from Fall 2018 to October 23, 2019, selling cocaine to an undercover ATF agent on four occasions in late 2019, and during one of those drug distributions, trading cocaine for a semiautomatic pistol.
According to court records and proceedings, the drug undercover investigation resulting in the charges here followed an earlier investigation into Martin’s involvement in a shooting that occurred in front of Nectar’s, a restaurant in Burlington, in February 2018.
The shooter in that incident, Rashad Nashid, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of illegal firearm possession.
On June 10, 2022, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on five of six counts.
The jury found Martin guilty on all counts except the count charging Martin with trading cocaine for a semiautomatic pistol.
Judge Sessions ordered Martin to be detained after the jury returned its verdict and pending his sentencing.
Martin faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a term of supervised release of at least three years, and up to a $1,000,000 fine.
