‘Exonerated but not vindicated’: Top court rejects Queens DA’s attempt to reverse wrongful conviction

‘Exonerated but not vindicated’: Top court rejects Queens DA’s attempt to reverse wrongful conviction

The Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by Queens prosecutors to overturn a ruling made by a mid-level court earlier this year that found that a local man had been wrongfully convicted of a Bayside murder three decades ago. 

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Despite wrongful conviction ruling, Queens DA refuses to drop 30-year-old murder case

Despite wrongful conviction ruling, Queens DA refuses to drop 30-year-old murder case

Michael Robison was found by appellate court to have been wrongfully convicted of the 1993 murder of his estranged wife. But despite the ruling, Robinson’s claims of innocence, his completed sentence and newly-discovered DNA evidence, the Queens DA is attempting to reverse the appellate court’s decision and get the case kicked up to the Court of Appeals.

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'A long journey': Appellate court overturns Queens man’s 30-year-old murder conviction

'A long journey': Appellate court overturns Queens man’s 30-year-old murder conviction

Three decades after Michael Robinson was arrested for a Queens murder he says he didn’t commit, an appellate court overturned his conviction. He now waits for the Queens district attorney to decide whether or not to retry him or to clear his name once and for all.

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Appellate court says invalidated votes in tight Queens Assembly race should be fixed and counted

Appellate court says invalidated votes in tight Queens Assembly race should be fixed and counted

A panel of Appellate Division, Second Department justices ruled late Tuesday afternoon that nearly 100 previously rejected absentee ballots cast in the race for Queens’ Assembly District 23 will be sent back to the individual voters to be “cured.” The ruling opens the door for 94 ballots to be re-entered into a race where only one vote separates candidates Thomas Sullivan and Stacey Pheffer Amato, who currently holds the lead.

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