The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court in Rochester has heard arguments on whether the murder case against Charles Tan of Pittsford should be reinstated. Now the appeals panel has to decide if the trial judge’s dismissal of the charges is final. The question is not whether the former Cornell student shot his father, but […]
A state appellate court in Rochester has ruled that evidence once used to prove shaken-baby cases may no longer be scientifically valid. The ruling upholds a Monroe County Court judge’s two year old decision reversing the conviction of Rene Bailey, a day care operator accused of causing the death of a toddler in her care […]
The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court is heard arguments today as the state seeks to dismiss a lawsuit filed by parents of students in charter schools. The suit was filed two years ago. It says New York’s charter school funding system is unconstitutional, because it gives those schools less money per student than […]