TAUNTON, Mass. — A woman who sent her boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself when they were both teenagers was convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in a trial that raised questions about whether words can ...

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FLINT, Mich. — Robert Skidmore was born in Flint, raised a family there and lived his entire life in and around the blue collar town that — next to Detroit — was synonymous with manufacturing of cars and trucks. Now ...

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Sitting in his pickup truck one summer day in 2014, Conrad Roy III wavered about his plan to kill himself. He was scared, he texted his girlfriend. “Get back in,” she replied. Roy did. The 18-year-old who had long battled ...

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A Monroe County grand jury Friday found Sherrita Crumpler guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the Jan. 18 death of her girlfriend, Candra Keels. Police were called to Keels’ Denver Street home where the two women had been involved in a ...

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An infant who died shortly after her premature delivery was legally a person so a manslaughter conviction will stand against the man whose recklessly driven vehicle struck her mother’s car, leading to her early birth. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, ...

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New York State Court of Appeals Manslaughter Recklessness — Motor Vehicle Accident People v. Asaro No. 158 Judge Graffeo Background: At issue was whether the defendant’s convictions for manslaughter and assault, each predicated on the mens rea of recklessness, were ...

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New York State Court of Appeals Manslaughter Justification — Prior Bad Acts People v. Bradley No. 201 Judge Lippman Background: The defendant was convicted of manslaughter after admitting to stabbing her boyfriend. She claimed that it was in self-defense after ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Manslaughter Plea Colloquy People v. Mox KA 09-01107 Appealed from Monroe County Court Background: Defendant pleaded guilty to Manslaughter 1st degree but on appeal challenged the factual validity of his plea recitation. His plea colloquy suggested ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Manslaughter Battered Woman Syndrome — Jury Instructions People v. Dale Bradley KA 07-02188 Appealed from Monroe County Court Background: The defendant appeals from a judgment convicting her upon a jury verdict of manslaughter in the first ...

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Supreme Court, Monroe County Manslaughter Status of Unborn Child People v. Hardy 2010-0402 Judge Valentino Background: The defendant is charged with manslaughter in the second degree, assault in the second and third degrees, and attempted petit larceny. The defendant apparently ...

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ELMIRA — A 24-year-old upstate New York woman faces a sentence of five to 25 years in prison for fatally poisoning her 21-month-old stepson. Melissa Engelhardt was found guilty in late October of first-degree manslaughter in the poisoning death ...

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MALONE — A 39-year-old Canadian man has been sentenced to concurrent 25-year prison terms for a slaying on the Mohawk Indian reservation at New York’s northern border. Richard Oakes denied killing Thomas Hathaway in Franklin County Court ...

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