Judge: Defendants' statements in Lucero case admissible
Photo credit: James Carbone | Jeffrey Conroy, 17, is led out of a police station for arraignment in Central Islip. Conroy is accused of being the stabber in the hate crime. (Nov. 10, 2008)
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A judge has ruled that statements made by two defendants charged in the hate killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant can be used in court, setting the stage for a high-profile trial slated to begin next month.
State Supreme Court Justice Robert W. Doyle ruled that Jeffrey Conroy's statement, in which he confesses to stabbing Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue last November, was taken voluntarily and with...
