Law Beat: When prosecutors must defend the work of the defense
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Defense attorney Lee Kindlon is in the unusual position of having Albany County prosecutors argue that he provide effective counsel at the trial of a local man convicted of rape. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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4of6Buy PhotoHon. Elizabeth A. Garry, Presiding Justice New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department welcomes the 747 new attorneys of the New York State Bar at a ceremony held at the Convention Center at the Empire State Plaza Thursday Jan 17, 2018 in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/ Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
crowd, customers from her waitressing job. there were people there that to criminal records. they were dealing drugs, there were people there that was making sexual advances. and on the night she vanished, after she left her boyfriend s place, they knew that she did not go home. because one of the witnesses reported seeing her later that night with another man, a local steelworker. attorney donna aldea. on that night at a bar, in a dance club, he actually said. he was there but left the two of them alone and went home. the steelworker was a regular at her restaurant, said the defense. his name was stacy stewart. he told his friends he had a sexual relationship with michele. he appeared to be the very man kevin tubbs saw with michele in the early hours of september 12th. there was a blonde woman out there and a young gentleman, you know, in his early 20s.
perhaps she was trusting and perhaps she shouldn t have been. reporter: they went back to witnesses the police had interviewed years before. talked to them and the others that led them to. and that s when they heard a whole new story of michele s last hours on earth. there was also a partial record from earlier trials, they said, which showed the mother of four had been hanging around with an unsavory crowd, co-workers and customers from her waitressing job. people there that were dealing drugs, making sexual advances. reporter: and on the night she vanished after she left her boyfriend s place, they now knew, they said, that michele did not go home because one of those witnesses reported seeing her later that night with another man, a local steelworker. attorney donna aldea. on that night at a bar, in a dance club, he actually said. he was there but left the two of them alone and went home. reporter: the steelworker was a regular at her restaurant, said the defense, who ha
she vanished after she left her boyfriend s place, they now knew, they said, that michele did not go home because one of those witnesses reported seeing her later that night with another man, a local steelworker. attorney donna aldea. on that night at a bar, in a dance club, he actually said. he was there but left the two of them alone and went home. reporter: the steelworker was a regular at her restaurant, said the defense, who had told friends he had a sexual relationship with michele. who was this man? according to the defense, he was the very same angry stranger kevin tubbs saw with michele in the early hours of september 12th. as i was going by the harris property, there was a blond woman out there and a young gentleman, you know, in his early 20s. reporter: tubbs identified that man from a photograph. his physical appearance, his facial hair, his height, his age and the type of vehicle he drove. reporter: tubbs said the man he saw was standing beside a black truck. t
because one of the witnesses reported seeing her later that night with another man, a local steelworker attorney donna aldea. on that night at a bar, in a dance club, he actually said. he was there but left the two of them alone and went home. reporter: the steelworker was a regular at her restaurant, saided defense. stacy stuart. he told his friends he had a sexual relationship with michele. he appeared to be the very man kevin tubbs saw with michele in the early hours of september 12th. it was a blonde woman out there and a young gentleman, you know, in his early 20s. reporter: tubbs identified that man from a photograph. his physical appearance, his facial hair, his height, his age and the type of vehicle he