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By John Heinis/Hudson County View
On Thursday, April 22nd, Zia Berisha, 46, of Linden, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter in relation to the fatal shooting of Michael Marro, Jr., of Jersey City, that occurred on November 6, 2007, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said in a statement.
Hudson County Superior Court Judge Patrick Arre presided over the plea hearing.
The state is recommending a sentence of 20 years in New Jersey state prison subject to the No Early Release Act for the aggravated manslaughter which would run consecutive to a 15-year federal sentence against Berisha related to a 2009 plea for a charge of conspiracy to distribute ecstasy.
Man whose Jersey City murder conviction was overturned accepts plea deal for shorter sentence
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Zia Barisha appears in this photo from 2008 from his first court appearance on charges of murdering Michael Marro Jr. in Jersey City. (Journal file photo)
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A Union County man whose decade-old murder conviction was overturned two years ago has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for a shorter sentence.
Zia Berisha pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the Nov. 6, 2007 fatal shooting of Michael Marro Jr. in a Downtown Jersey City high-rise, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced Monday.
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