Queens man convicted second time for 1993 murder
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For the second time in around three decades, a Queens jury found Michael Robinson guilty of murdering his estranged wife last week.
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After overturned conviction, Queens man faces jury again for 1993 killing
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After serving 26 years in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit, Michael Robinson was back in a Queens courtroom Thursday, facing a retrial around half a decade after new DNA evidence unraveled his original conviction.
Read MoreAfter wrongful conviction ruling, Queens man to again face trial for murder of estranged wife
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A Queens man will again be tried for the murder of his estranged wife, 33 years after the killing. But whether or not the trial will mark the true conclusion of the case that has snaked its way through state and federal courts for decades remains to be seen.
Read MoreQueens man awaits retrial over two years after his murder conviction was overturned
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Two and a half years after his 1993 murder conviction was overturned, a Queens man and his attorneys claim that they are ready for the retrial but have been subject to countless delays from the Queens district attorney’s office and the courts.
Read MoreProsecutors knew witness to ‘93 Queens murder had bad vision – they’re retrying the man she ID’d anyway
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More than three decades after Michael Robinson was convicted of murder – and more than a year after that conviction was overturned – the reliability of the only witness to the slaying is being called into question.
Read MoreFollowing wrongful conviction ruling, Queens DA to retry 30-year-old murder case
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Despite new DNA evidence that led to a group of judges ruling he had been wrongfully convicted of his estranged wife’s murder, Michael Robinson will be retried in the 30-year-old case, Queens prosecutors decided this week.
Read More‘Exonerated but not vindicated’: Top court rejects Queens DA’s attempt to reverse wrongful conviction
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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.
Read MoreDespite wrongful conviction ruling, Queens DA refuses to drop 30-year-old murder case
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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.
Read MoreQueens DA delays decision to retry wrongly convicted Queens man or dismiss case
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Nearly 30 years after being convicted of a murder he says he didn’t commit, Michael Robinson had a chance to once and for all clear his name this week. But the Queens district attorney’s office said they weren’t quite ready to do so.
Read More'A long journey': Appellate court overturns Queens man’s 30-year-old murder conviction
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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.
Read MoreDecades-old murder conviction is under review in Queens
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“They consider DNA less reliable when it exculpates someone, but when it inculpates, it’s the be all and end all.”
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