Man could face new trial in fatal beating of 2-year-old after N.J. Supreme Court won’t hear appeal
Updated 11:19 AM;
The state Supreme Court will not hear an appeal to a lower court ruling tossing out a man’s conviction in the fatal beating of a 2-year-old girl.
Last year, an appellate court panel reversed the conviction of Leslie D. Hill, 30, of Salem, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to aggravated manslaughter and was sentenced to 25 years in the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter, A’Keena Cooke.
Hill remains jailed and faces a new trial.
A’Keena’s autopsy found damage to her head, spine and internal organs and determined she died from multiple blunt-force injuries.
Prosecutor wants state Supreme Court to rule on reversal of conviction in fatal beating of 2-year-old girl
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
Leslie D. Hill confessed in the fatal beating of his girlfriend s 2-year-old daughter in Salem, New Jersey during his trial in 2017.
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An appellate court decision to reverse the conviction of a New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to the fatal beating of a 2-year-old girl is being challenged in the state Supreme Court.
Salem County Prosecutor John Lenahan said his office filed a petition Tuesday with the Supreme Court to uphold he conviction after the appellate decision Monday.