A new trial is being granted for a Rochester man convicted of robbing a hotel clerk at gunpoint in 2010 in Cayuga County. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department has ruled allowing evidence of a previous attempted robbery, committed less than ...

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A new trial is being ordered for a former Greece man convicted of beating and robbing the man who allegedly turned him into police through an anonymous 911 call. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in a 3-2 decision Friday, ruled ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit New Trial Newly Discovered Evidence — Materiality United States of America v. Orena (sessa) 11-611-cr Judges Newman, Lynch and Lohier Background: The defendant appealed from the denial of his motion for a ...

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Prosecutors in Erie County are trying to block a convicted murderer from getting a new trial, granted by the Appellate Division. Damien Warren, 29, claims his December 2006 trial was tainted because it was conducted simultaneously with the trials of ...

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Events following a deliberating juror’s sudden illness during a trial are behind the granting of a new trial for a Rochester man convicted of killing two teens in 2007. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department has ruled Monroe County Court Judge ...

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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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A civilly confined sex offender is trying to get a new trial on the basis that the mental abnormality he was diagnosed with is not specifically listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The offender, identified in ...

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An Onondaga County woman, convicted of murdering her second husband, claims it was wrong for a judge to allow information about the death of her first husband at her 2009 trial. Randi Juda Bianco, a Syracuse attorney who represents Stacey ...

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U.S. District Court, WDNY New Trial Weight of Evidence — ‘Batson’ Challenges Rivers v. City of Rochester 06-cv-6391L Judge Larimer Background: The plaintiff brought a Section 1983 action against the defendant alleging false arrest, false imprisonment and excessive force. The ...

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An improper prosecutorial summation and ineffective assistance of counsel are being cited, in a rare decision by the Court of Appeals, as reasons to grant a new trial for a Rochester man convicted of sexually molesting his two nieces, ages ...

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U.S. District Court, WDNY New Trial Cumulative Evidence United States of America v. Toole, et al. 06-CR-6024L Judge Larimer Background: The defendants had been charged with a number of drug related offences concerning the possession and distribution of cocaine. After a ...

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A new trial is being ordered for a Wayne County man because a prospective juror at his trial knew several of the witnesses who testified. The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled Oswego County Court abused its discretion ...

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