Suffolk

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Teens accused in Patchogue slaying seek separate trials

Attorneys for the Patchogue teens charged in connection with Marcelo Lucero's death last year are waiting on a court decision to learn whether their clients can stand trial separately.

At least five of the seven attorneys have requested that their clients be tried individually on the grounds that one trial would not allow them to cross-examine co-defendants on their statements and would make...

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here

Photos and videos