KINGSTON, N.Y. — Matthew Harries withdrew a plea to felony criminal possession of a weapon on Thursday in connection with the 2020 shooting of Kingston resident Khaleel A. Hylton-Jackson, part of a plea bargain with the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office.Harries, 24, of Flushing, appeared calm and quiet in Ulster County Court, alongside Defense Attorney […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Matthew Harries will have an opportunity to withdraw his guilty plea in connection with a 2020 shooting in Kingston, according a ruling Thursday by the state Supreme Court Appellate Division. The Third Judicial Department’s ruling handed down Thursday said the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office’s failure to thoroughly comply with discovery laws […]
Maurice Stansberry Sr.’s conviction and sentence for the Dec. 1, 2018, killing of Mark Lancaster in the town of Ulster has been upheld by the state appeals court. In a decision handed down Thursday, Feb. 22, the state Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, denied Stansberry’s motion to have his conviction overturned and ruled […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. An attorney for Matthew Harries urged the Appellate Court to vacate his client’s guilty plea or at least order a lower court to hold a hearing to determine whether he should be allowed to withdraw his plea because, the defense claims, the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office failed to turn […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. A lawyer for Maurice Stansberry Sr. is asking an appellate court to vacate the murder conviction of his client, who was found guilty for the Dec. 1, 2018, killing of Mark Lancaster. Stansberry, 43, of Kingston, was convicted in July 2019, of second-degree murder, four counts of robbery, one count of criminal […]