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Jury in shooting case has choice of two verdicts

A jury will have the option of convicting John White of a misdemeanor -- rather than a felony -- for the shooting death of Daniel Cicciaro Jr., a Suffolk County judge ruled Tuesday.

Granting a motion by defense attorneys Tuesday, Judge Barbara Kahn gave jurors what will amount to a fallback plan: If they cannot agree to convict White, 54, of second-degree manslaughter, a felony, then they...

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