A state appeals court has reversed contempt and harassment convictions because the judge allowed an attorney from the prosecutor’s office to sit on the jury.

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A state appeals court has reversed a 1999 murder conviction and granted a new trial because the judge who decided the case in a bench trial later changed his mind about the verdict. Defendant Donald Kagan, 47, was convicted of ...

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A New York appeals court has reversed a disorderly conduct conviction because the arrest was the result of an illegal police search.

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A New York appeals court has reversed drug and loitering convictions and suppressed evidence because there was no probable cause for the arrest.

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A New York appeals court has reinstated an indictment on a manslaughter charge that had been dismissed on the ground of legally insufficient evidence.

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A New York appeals court has reversed drug and weapon convictions because the judge denied the defendant’s multiple requests for a new court-assigned attorney.

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A state appeals court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sex abuse, citing the trial judge’s refusal to allow certain testimony from a defense witness.

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A state appeals court has ordered a new trial in a robbery case because of a juror who should have been excused after making statements hinting that she would not be impartial.

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A state appeals court has ordered a new trial in a murder case because of a tainted jury. Defendant Wayne Thomas, 36, was convicted in state Supreme Court before Justice Wayne M. Ozzi in Staten Island in August 2017 of ...

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A state appeals court has dismissed a rape conviction because of insufficient evidence.

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A state appeals court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murder because of a Sixth Amendment violation. Defendant Troy Lockley, 47, was convicted in state Supreme Court in Queens in June 2014 of two counts of ...

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A state appeals court has reversed a drunk driving conviction and ordered a new trial because of the judge failed to grant a defense request to excuse two prospective jurors. Defendant Usman Majid was convicted in October 2019 in Nassau ...

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