John Grega's defense attorney quits case
Photo credit: Len Emery | Attorney Ian Carleton walks out of court in Brattelboro, Vt. with John Grega, who appeared in Vermont State Court for a hearing for the first time since a judge tossed his murder conviction and ordered a new trial. He was convicted of killing and raping his wife in 1995. (Sept. 18, 2012)
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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- A lawyer whose eight years of free work helped get a Lake Ronkonkoma man out of a Vermont prison quit the case Tuesday after a judge ruled he could not serve as public defender.
Lawyer Ian Carleton removed himself after a status conference in which Vermont Superior Court Judge John Wesley rejected defendant John Grega's request for his attorney to continue as his public...
