An appeals court overturned the conviction of a Queens man after judges said police officers improperly frisked the man who led them on a high-speed car chase throughout St. Albans in 2018.
Read MoreA longtime Queens judge is facing calls to retire from a legal advocacy group which cites longstanding concerns with his record.
Read MoreAs negotiations over changes to the state’s evidence-sharing laws hold up the passage of the state’s budget in Albany, a recent criminal case in Queens appears to highlight the core of the debate over discovery.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreMichael 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.
Read MoreThree 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreAn appellate court struck down the state’s Assembly maps on Friday. The court ruled that the maps will be used this election cycle but redrawn before the 2024 election cycle.
Read MoreA spokesperson for the Queens DA said the office is “still evaluating our decision and looking at our options.”
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