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Jeffrey Conroy Case: Jury Asks To Hear Murder Charge
The jury in the trial of Jeffrey Conroy asked the presiding judge to reread the definition of second-degree murder, one of the top charges against Conroy. Conroy is accused of stabbing and killing Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero in a November 2008 hate attack.
The jury asked to hear the definition of second-degree murder, but not as a hate crime.
As I posted yesterday, to find Conroy guilty of second-degree murder, the jury would have to believe that Conroy intended to kill Lucero when he stabbed him on the night of the attack. For that post, where I explain the difference between the murder and manslaughter charges (without getting too technical), click here.
The Lucero family arrived at court around 4pm, fueling some speculation about a possible verdict, but Judge Doyle adjourned deliberations for the day after he read the murder charge to the jury.
Jury deliberations resume tomorrow.
Tags : hate crimes, jeffrey conroy, marcelo lucero, suffolk
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