Judge Keisha Espinal, the supervising judge of Kings County Criminal Court, issued a controversial order on Monday. Defense attorneys said it undermines lawmakers’ efforts to ensure prosecutors disclose evidence against their clients.
Brooklyn DA Seeks To Vacate 90 Convictions Based On Work Of NYPD Detective Accused Of Perjury
arrow Eric Gonzalez, Brooklyn District Attorney speaks during Martin Luther King celebration at NAN headquarters on January 18, 2021 Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office will request to throw out nearly a hundred convictions that they say were based on work of a discredited NYPD narcotics detective currently awaiting trial for perjury and misconduct.
The cases all involved former undercover Det. Joseph Franco, who has been indicted in Manhattan on perjury, official misconduct and other charges in four incidents where he’s accused of framing people in drug transactions during investigations, DA Eric Gonzalez said in a statement.