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Arrested as teenagers in the killing of Jean Casse, they had long maintained their innocence and spent decades in prison before being released.

In 1987, a tourist was fatally mugged in Times Square, leading to the imprisonment of Eric Smokes and David Warren. Decades later, their convictions have been overturned.

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Eric Smokes, who was 19 when he was arrested, and his best friend David Warren, who was 16, were accused of murdering 71-year-old Frenchman Jean Casse in 1987.

A judge vacated the convictions of Eric Smokes and David Warren in the 1987 NYC Times Square New Year's Day murder of Jean Casse.

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Childhood pals Eric Smokes and David Warren hope Wednesday they will hear a judge vacate their convictions in a 1987 Times Square murder they have long said they did not commit. Smokes and Warren were teens when they were arrested for the fatal mugging of 71-year-old French tourist Jean Casse, who was attacked on W. 52nd St. on Jan. 1, 1987, minutes after the New Year’s Eve ball drop. They ...

The Brooklyn men, Eric Smokes and David Warren, were charged in their teens in the 1987 killing of Jean Casse.

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Eric Smokes and David Warren were convicted of killing a French tourist in a mugging. Until 2022, prosecutors fought their attempts to prove their innocence.