A state appeals court has vacated a sentence and changed a protection order in an arson and family offense case. Defendant Jadie M. Davis pleaded guilty in August 2016 Monroe County Court to second-degree arson and two counts of aggravated ...

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A state appeals court has changed the sentence for a man convicted of attempted murder, robbery and burglary in Erie County because the prison terms imposed should run concurrently, not consecutively. In July 2018, defendant Christopher Boyd pleaded guilty to ...

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A state appeals court has dismissed an assault charge in a case where the victim was a police officer who was injured while pursuing a suspect. Defendant Christopher M. Felong was convicted by a jury in October 2015 after a ...

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A state appeals court has dismissed convictions related to a gun found in a vehicle because the police did not have permission to search the car. Defendant Anthony Lawrence was convicted in July 2018 in Oneida County Court before Judge ...

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A state appeals court has dismissed a guilty plea to rape charges because of inaccuracies in the charging documents. Defendant Paul Meeks, 27, pleaded guilty to first-degree rape in Onondaga County Court before Judge Stephen J. Dougherty in April 2018. ...

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The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, Fourth Department, has dismissed robbery charges in an Onondaga County Court case and ordered a new trial on other charges, including murder. Defendant Shakeith Stackhouse was convicted in June 2015 of second-degree murder, ...

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A state appeals court has ordered a new trial in a robbery case because the judge failed to hold a suppression hearing before the start of the trial. Defendant Quran L. Coffie was convicted in September 2015 of first-degree robbery ...

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A state appeals court has reversed a weapon conviction because of insufficient evidence. Defendant Earnest Hawkins was convicted in Monroe County Court in September 2014 of two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of first-degree ...

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The Fourth Department has sent a drunk-driving case back to the lower court for the judge to reconsider rulings made on the suppression of some evidence. Defendant Nick J. Williams was charged with felony aggravated driving while intoxicated and two ...

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A state appeals court has sent a case back to the lower court because the trial judge did not allow the defense lawyer to argue to keep a woman on the jury. The defendant, Terrence J. Singleton, was convicted in ...

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A state appeals court has sent a homicide case back to the lower court for a suppression hearing. Howard R. White pleaded guilty in January 2015 to first-degree manslaughter. White, who filed the appeal pro se, argued that the initial ...

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The Fourth Department has reversed a rape conviction and granted a new trial because of an inadequate jury instruction. The defendant, Ruben Garcia, was convicted in October 2015 of first-degree rape. The alleged crime happened in April 2005, but Garcia ...

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