Jury deliberations in the trial of Keith Phoenix, accused of killing Jose Sucuzhanay, continue today. Phoenix’s co-defendant, Hakim Scott, was convicted of manslaughter and attempted assault. He was found not guilty on charges of murder in the second degree and murder in the second degree as a hate crime. We will continue to bring you news from [...]
Monday, May 10, 2010
By Nate Rawlings A curious thing happened Friday between the hours of 3 and 7 p.m. in Part 15 of the Brooklyn Criminal Courthouse. Clerks strayed from their desks and walked around the room. Judge Patricia Di Mango chatted politely with reporters she hadn’t seen for a while. Prosecution and defense lawyers, figurative and actual adversaries, talked [...]
Thursday, May 6, 2010
By Jeannette Neumann Hakim Scott had been riding in the backseat of his friend’s car the night that an Ecuadorian immigrant was brutally beaten just feet from the red Mercury Mountaineer. On Wednesday, attorney Craig Newman told a Brooklyn jury that Scott also took a backseat in the killing of Jose Sucuzhanay on the night of December [...]
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Thirty-six jurors, four attorneys, court officers, relatives, and the two defendants waited as Davi Almonte slowly entered the witness box.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
By Nate Rawlings The man convicted of not intervening while his girlfriend beat a 3-year-old to death with a pool cue was sentenced in Brooklyn Supreme Court today to 18 years to life in prison. Lemar Martin, a former city housing guard, who was convicted of second-degree murder on Jan. 27, was sentenced by Justice Gustin Reichbach, [...]
Friday, November 6, 2009
Six members of the Orthodox Jewish patrol Shomrim were back in the Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday, on trial for allegedly attacking yeshiva students in Crown Heights two years ago.
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