There will be no second murder trial for Charles Tan. The Appellate Division of State Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, seeking to set aside the trial judge’s ruling that dismissed the charge. The appeals court ruling says to retry Tan would be a violation of double jeopardy. […]
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has censured Judge James Piampiano over his handling of the Charles Tan murder trial in Rochester. The report released by the commission today concludes an investigation begun last fall after then-Monroe County Court Judge Piampiano threw out the murder charges against the Pittsford teenager. Judge Piampiano was […]
Arguments will be heard March 1st in an Appellate Division courtroom in Rochester on whether a judge wrongly dismissed the murder charge against Charlie Tan of Pittsford. Tan was a 19-year-old Cornell University sophomore when he was accused of shooting his father to death nearly two years ago. The former Pittsford Mendon High School class […]