<p>After a three-week trial, Guy Rivera was convicted of&nbsp;aggravated manslaughter, but&nbsp;acquitted of the top count of first-degree murder in the killing of NYPD Det. Jonathan Diller of Massapequa Park. NewsdayTV&rsquo;s Virginia Huie reports.</p>


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