A state appeals court has reduced the sentence in a homicide case. Robert D. Brewer, 33, was convicted in September 2015 of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison. The victim was Keith Holloway, the ...

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A state appeals court has vacated a guilty plea in a rape and sex abuse case in Oswego County and suppressed statements made by the defendant to a social worker. Shane E. Desjardins pleaded guilty in state Supreme Court in ...

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A state appeals court has granted a new trial in a robbery case because the judge failed to properly vet the defendant’s complaints about his court-appointed lawyer.

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In a split decision, a state appeals court has reversed a robbery conviction and dismissed an indictment because the judge in the case did not adequately consider the defendant’s complaints of ineffective counsel.

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A state appeals court has vacated drug and weapon convictions because the evidence was found in an area not covered by a search warrant.

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In a split decision, a state appeals court has affirmed arson and murder convictions in an Onondaga County case. Shaun Bowen was convicted in December 2017 in Onondaga County Court of second-degree murder, first-degree arson and third-degree criminal mischief. In ...

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In a split decision, a state appeals court has granted a new trial in a drug case because a Black man was improperly excluded from the jury. The defendant, Michael M. Coleman, was convicted in Monroe County Court in October ...

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Weapons charges have been dismissed against a man because of an illegal police search. Defendant Kenneth W. Scott was convicted in May 2018 of two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in state Supreme Court in Monroe County. ...

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In a split decision, a New York appeals court has vacated a guilty plea and dismissed the indictment because the police did not have a proper basis to confront the defendant.

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A state appeals court has reinstated drug charges that were dismissed by a County Court judge. Defendant James R. Wilcox was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by police when methamphetamine and equipment used to make the drug were found ...

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A state appeals court has ruled in Ontario County’s favor in a foreclosure case that started more than 15 years ago. In a decision released April 30, the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, Fourth Department, modified a verdict issued ...

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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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