A state Supreme Court justice in the Bronx has dismissed a gun case because the prosecution failed to declare readiness for trial within the proper timeframe.

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A New York Supreme Court justice has suppressed physical evidence and some statements in a weapon case.

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A New York Supreme Court justice has reversed a rape conviction and dismissed the indictment.

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A state Supreme Court justice has suppressed evidence against two defendants in a weapons case because of an illegal arrest following a traffic stop.

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A foster parent accused of sexually abusing boys in his care could have been stopped years earlier if not for “abysmal” communication among the child-welfare agencies involved, according to a special grand jury report obtained by The Associated Press. In ...

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Robert Lee Brooks, 35, was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for assaulting Diana Rivera. State Supreme Court Justice Judith Sinclair also sentenced Brooks to four years of post-release supervision. On Dec. 21, Brooks pleaded guilty to first-degree assault. On ...

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The village of Spencerport was slapped with a nearly $700,000 judgment last month for delaying the dedication of a new street and infrastructure in a residential development. Initially, the village was expected to appeal the October verdict, but the plaintiff’s ...

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The man convicted twice for the murder of Miguel Danny Cruz was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison. State Supreme Court Justice Francis Affronti, for the second time, sentenced Jose Torres, 48, to the same sentence for the July ...

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State Supreme Court Justice Francis Affronti sentenced Franklin Leonard, 62, to 40 years to life in prison for kidnapping and attempted murder. On Oct. 21, 2015,  Leonard entered Stefanou Realtors in Gates wearing a ski mask and holding a gun. Unable to get ...

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Jordan Evans, 18, of Rochester, was convicted of second-degree murder on Friday in State Supreme Court. Keith Brown, 19, was walking with a friend from a convenience store on June 30, 2015, when shots were fired from across the street. ...

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State Supreme Court Justice Craig J. Doran has been reappointed administrative judge for the Seventh Judicial District. The announcement came from the state’s Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, with the approval of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, in consultation with the ...

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Lawyers for Exxon Mobil Corp. have filed a notice that they will appeal a state Supreme Court Justice decision forcing the company to clean up contamination at a former oil refinery site in Rochester. The one-page notice of of the ...

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