Eric Smokes, 56, and David Warren, 53, were teenagers when they were arrested for the fatal mugging of 71-year-old Jean Casse on W. 52nd St, which unfolded moments after the ball had dropped on New Year's Eve.
Eric Smokes, who was 19 when he was arrested, and his best friend David Warren, who was 16, were accused of murdering 71-year-old Frenchman Jean Casse in 1987.