Cases scheduled to be heard in February | Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly masslawyersweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from masslawyersweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sean Ellis is slated to have one last charge dropped in 1993 murder boston.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from boston.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Judge overturns remaining conviction against Sean Ellis
May 4, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
BOSTON (AP) A judge on Tuesday threw out the remaining gun conviction against a man who spent who spent more than 20 years in prison for the killing of a police officer before his murder conviction was overturned.
The judge s decision comes more than month after Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins asked the judge to grant a new trial for Sean Ellis so her office can drop the gun charge and put an end to the long-running legal saga, which she said was “tainted by significant and egregious police corruption and prosecutorial misconduct.”
Judge Throws Out Remaining Gun Charge Against Sean Ellis This whole case is a very sad chapter in the history of the criminal justice system. Thankfully, this chapter seems to be nearing its conclusion, Superior Court Justice Robert Ullman said Tuesday
Published May 4, 2021 •
Updated on May 4, 2021 at 10:46 pm
NBC Universal, Inc.
A judge Tuesday threw out the remaining gun charge for a man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the killing of a police officer before his conviction was overturned in 2015.
In a brief hearing, Superior Court Justice Robert Ullman allowed Sean Ellis motion for a new trial on the gun conviction remaining on his record from his wrongful conviction for the 1993 murder of Boston Police Detective John Mulligan.