Judge denies new trial for Christian Tarantino
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | A file photo of Christian Tarantino leaving FBI Headquarters in Melville to be arraigned. (Sept. 24, 2008)
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A federal judge has refused to order a new trial for a Dix Hills gym owner who was convicted in the murders of three people, including an armored car guard, during a botched 1994 Muttontown robbery.
Christian Tarantino, 44, who faces three mandatory life sentences, had asked that his convictions in 2011 and last May be overturned because his defense attorney in two of the murders supposedly...
