Court: New Trial for LI Man After Juror Axed Because of Race
A Long Island man will get a new trial after a state appeals court found a juror was improperly dismissed because his race was the same as the defendant’s.
Richard Fabregas was initially convicted in 2011 of a second-degree weapons possession charge. The court decision handed down Wednesday says Fabregas will need a new trial because the prosecutor had acted “in a discriminatory manner” by asking for a Hispanic juror to be excused.
She argued that the man seemed not to grasp the judge’s questions. But Fabregas’s lawyer said it was since both he and Fabregas are Hispanic.
This article appeared in print on page 4 of edition of Hamodia.
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