Hudson Valley Mom Appealing Sentence For Killing Father of Kids
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On Sept. 28, 2017, Christopher Grover was found dead from a gunshot wound in the Town of Poughkeepsie home he shared with Nicole Addimando, a 2007 FDR graduate.
At the time of his murder, Grover was the head coach at Mr. Todd’s Gymnastics in Poughkeepsie. According to his obituary, Grover graduated from Red Hook High School in 2006. He previously coached gymnastics at Fly High Gymnastics in Red Hook.
Investigators began what was described as a painstaking six-month investigation involving phone records, internet searches, computer forensics, dozens of interviews, and more to determine there were inconsistencies in Addimando s alleged history of abuse and her claims of self-defense. There was also overwhelming evidence the murder was intentional, officials say.
To what extent should the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act be applied?
How should the long-term impact of repeated abuse be measured, or the length of time between an instance of abuse and a criminal act be considered?
Such questions, considered by the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, could soon decide Nicole Addimando’s fate. In doing so, the panel of four justices may also provide clarity for the application of a two-year-old state law that s relatively lacking in legal precedent, while intended on providing sentencing leniency for those driven to criminal activity by domestic violence.
“Does (a criminal act) have to be a sense of immediacy as to spatial and time orientation?” Judge William Mastro asked Putnam County Assistant District Attorney Larry Glasser during a virtual appellate court hearing Thursday. “Does the act apply because of the history (of abuse), or does the state require imminency of conduct that creates the reaction that ends up in th
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Addimando is now in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
Addimando never denied shooting Grover, but claimed she did so in self-defense, after years of physical and emotional abuse. She was convicted in April 2019 and sought lenient sentencing under the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act. That was denied by Judge Edward McLoughlin, who had heard the case and ultimately sentenced her.
Members of the New York Senate and Assembly who worked on the law have filed an amicus brief in support of the appeal.
McLoughlin is at the center of Addimando s appeal.
The judge granted a motion from the Putnam County District Attorney’s Office’s to disqualify Addimando s attorney of roughly eight months, Kara Gerry, due to a perceived conflict of interest with her position in the Dutchess County Public Defender’s Office