What exhibits are listed in the SDNY trial exhibit list for United States v. Juan Orlando Hernández, and where can the docket be accessed?
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Executive summary
The public record assembled from Department of Justice and public docket aggregators shows that prosecutors in the Southern District of New York filed multiple trial exhibits and related supplemental exhibits in United States v. Juan Orlando Hernández, but no single, comprehensive exhibit list for the SDNY trial appears in the provided reporting; specific items referenced in filings include government exhibit GX 1010 (a stipulation about point of entry) and ledger and medical-related exhibits used or referenced in related filings (as reflected in DOJ press material and docket entries) [1] [2] [3]. The federal docket and certain exhibit listings can be viewed via SDNY/DOJ pages and public docket archives such as CourtListener, though some entries and exhibits remain sealed or restricted in the public record available here [1] [3] [4] [5].
1. What the available filings explicitly list: samples, not a complete roll call
The documents searchable in the public record show enumerated government exhibits and referenced exhibit numbers rather than a single published "trial exhibit list" for Juan Orlando Hernández; for example, court filings and the judge’s opinion cite a Government Exhibit 1010 (GX 1010), a stipulated exhibit used to locate the defendant’s first point of entry into the United States (the Court’s venue instruction referenced GX 1010) [2]. Department of Justice materials and reporting about related prosecutions likewise identify types of evidence introduced at trial — notably drug ledgers with entries marked “JOH” and other physical and testimonial evidence tied to trafficking networks — which prosecutors say were entered into evidence during related proceedings and trials [1] [6]. A separate supplemental exhibit tied to a motion for reduction in sentence (Docket No. 350) demonstrates that filings in the case also included medical summaries and exhibits used in post-conviction motions, but that document is a supplemental exhibit to a motion rather than a consolidated trial exhibit list [3].
2. Exhibit-number conventions and cross-references visible in dockets
Public docket snapshots show the government and defense frequently file exhibits by numbered ranges in SDNY matters and in related Hernandez dockets — for instance, other Hernandez-related dockets archived on CourtListener list trial exhibits in numbered blocks (e.g., exhibits 101–117 and 201–217 in a related docket entry) which illustrates the typical exhibit-numbering scheme used in these cases, though those specific ranges are tied to another defendant’s filings in the same court rather than to the Juan Orlando Hernandez SDNY trial’s single, consolidated public list available in the sources provided [5]. The court’s written decisions and motions reference particular exhibits in context (GX 1010 in the venue instruction is one such clear, citable example) but do not, in the materials supplied here, reproduce a full, itemized evidence inventory for the SDNY trial of Juan Orlando Hernández [2].
3. Where the docket and exhibit filings can be accessed publicly
The primary public sources for the case record cited in reporting are the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York / Department of Justice press and case pages, which host charging documents, press releases, and some docketed exhibits and supplemental filings (as archived on the DOJ SDNY site) [1] [7]. Independently maintained docket repositories such as CourtListener aggregate SDNY docket entries for the Hernandez matter and for related Hernandez dockets and often display docket text showing when exhibits were filed, restricted, or sealed [4] [5]. The reporting collected here shows those repositories carrying entries and exhibit-range notations, but also shows many entries or attachments marked restricted or sealed in the public index, indicating some exhibits are not available for public download in these sources [5] [8].
4. Limits of the public reporting and how to proceed to verify a full list
The materials provided do not include a single, publicly posted PDF that enumerates every admitted trial exhibit for the SDNY prosecution of Juan Orlando Hernández; instead, the record must be reconstructed from court orders, DOJ press materials, and docket entries that reference particular exhibits [1] [2] [3]. For a definitive and complete exhibit list, the most reliable next steps — given the limits of the supplied reporting — are to consult the official SDNY docket entries for case number 1:24-cr-00156 (and related SDNY case numbers), review the attachments and exhibits in each docket entry on the court’s PACER system or via public dockets where available, and check archive copies on DOJ’s SDNY pages or CourtListener for unsealed exhibit attachments; the sources assembled here demonstrate those repositories as the actual public access points but show that some exhibits remain sealed or redacted in the publicly available versions [4] [1] [3] [5].