A man’s 2017 burglary and assault conviction was tossed by a group of appeals judges last week after they ruled that the Queens judge overseeing the case appeared to act like a prosecutor instead of an independent arbiter.
Read MoreA federal appeals court recently upheld a lower court ruling that found that New Yorkers have the right to access prosecutorial disciplinary proceedings and records, which are currently shrouded in secrecy.
Read MoreNearly 10 years to the day after Karina Vetrano was found brutally murdered in a Howard Beach park, the man serving a life sentence for her killing was given a chance to challenge his conviction.
Read MoreFor the second time in around three decades, a Queens jury found Michael Robinson guilty of murdering his estranged wife last week.
Read MoreA former Rikers Island correctional officer who was convicted last December of sexually abusing a woman in his Queens home was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday.
Read MoreA Flushing man will spend 15 years behind bars after he admitted in court that he attempted to kill an 82-year-old woman in 2024, though his motive still remains unknown.
Read MoreAn 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 MoreTwo 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 MoreA former Queens doctor who raped at least eight women, some of whom came to him as patients, was sentenced to 24 years in prison at Queens Criminal Court on Thursday, angering a group of victims who say his sentence should keep him behind bars for life.
Read MoreA 51-year-old detainee died at Bellevue Hospital while in the custody of the Department of Correction on Wednesday.
Read MoreQueens prosecutors and police officers claimed a Rockaway man attempted murder a pair of cops during a late-night chase last July – but a jury had their doubts.
Read MoreThe trial of a Far Rockaway man accused of attempting to shoot two NYPD police officers began on Monday.
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 MoreOver thirty years after her dead body was discovered and her killers were brought to justice, Judy Rodriguez has officially been found.
Read MoreA Brooklyn man was cuffed last week after he allegedly staged a car crash on a Queens street that was caught on a video that soon went viral.
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