Mental exam ordered for Annadale man whose 2010 murder conviction was reversed
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
Eric Bellucci had been convicted of brutally stabbing Arthur Bellucci, 61, left, and Marion Bellucci, 56 in their Annadale home in October 2010.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A justice on Monday ordered a psychiatric exam to determine the trial fitness of Eric Belucci, the Annadale man whose murder conviction in the 2010 deaths of his parents was overturned late last year.
The test will determine whether Bellucci, 40, understands the charges against him and can aid in his defense.
State Supreme Court Justice Alexander Jeong ordered the exam during a remote conference which Bellucci attended.
Judge recuses himself from convicted parent-killer’s retrial; ‘absolutely convinced’ of guilt
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 04, 2021
State Supreme Court Justice William E. Garnett, seen in this 2019 photo, said he cannot fairly decide Eric Belluci s mental fitness prior to a second trial and is absolutely convinced of the defendant s guilt in the slaying of his parents in 2010.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. In a remarkable development, a Staten Island justice on Wednesday recused himself from presiding over a retrial of Eric Bellucci, the Annadale man convicted of murdering his parents over 10 years ago.
“I cannot abide another round of hearings to determine the defendant’s (mental) fitness,” Justice William E. Garnett said during a remote conference with prosecutors and the defense. “I have spent enough time and energy on this case in which any rational person would agree that the defendant slaughtered his parents on Oct. 13, 2010.”