New York State Court of Appeals Murder Justification — Initial Aggressor People v. Carl Watson No. 7 Memorandum Background: The defendant was convicted of murder. The defendant’s defense was justification arguing that he panicked when he saw the victim reach ...

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A Monroe County jury Monday found Jeffery Miller, 37, guilty of second-degree murder for the 2005 slaying of Shunda Cuyler. Miller, who had been in a relationship with Cuyler prior to the night of the incident, shot her multiple times ...

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A new trial is being granted for a prominent Tioga County businessman convicted of killing his wife in a high-profile murder case that received national attention. The state Court of Appeals onThursday reversed lower court rulings because the trial court ...

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An Onondaga County woman will not get a new trial in the murder of her husband and attempted murder of her 20-year-old daughter, but there will be a hearing to determine if some statements made to police should have been ...

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A prison inmate is being charged with the 1991 murder of Stephanie Kupchynsky, a 27-year-old Greece music teacher. Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley and officials of the Greece Police Department held a joint press conference Monday to announce the ...

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Monroe County Court Judge Vincent A. Dinolfo on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging Nat Lee Jones, 57, with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the 1980 slaying of 74-year-old Mary Hull. Hull’s murder had been investigated by the ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Murder Inclusory Concurrent Count People v. Howard KA 10-00153 Appealed from Erie County Court Background: The defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder. On appeal, he contended that ...

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BUFFALO — A mother whose murder conviction was overturned after she spent 13 years in prison for her daughter’s death says the state is dragging its feet on her multimillion-dollar wrongful imprisonment claim. Lynn DeJac Peters was found guilty in ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Murder Depraved Indifference People v. Barboni KA 09-02360 Appealed from Oswego County Court Background: The defendant was convicted of depraved indifference murder and manslaughter. After picking up the child, 15 months old, he later called the ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Murder Severance People v. Jones Appealed from Onondaga County Court KA 09-01028 Background: The defendant was convicted after jury trial of two counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and other felonies, relating to ...

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ALBION (AP) — Investigators say it appears a Walmart shopper fatally stabbed in a New York parking lot was the victim of an attempted carjacking. Orleans County Undersheriff Steven Smith says 45-year-old Kathleen Byham was leaving the store in Albion ...

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An engineer from suburban Rochester who's serving life in prison for stabbing to death his wife and 4-year-old daughter is seeking contact with his two remaining children, one of whom survived his attack when she was 2.

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