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In a second trial, Timothy Puskas was found not guilty on Wednesday of all charges in the 2014 murder of former Rutgers student William "Billy" McCaw.
View Comments NEW BRUNSWICK - A state appeals court has overturned the conviction of Timothy Puskas in the 2014 murder of former Rutgers University student William McCaw, saying a Superior Court judge erred by allowing the jury to hear a recorded conversation between Puskas and a tenant, who died before the trial of a drug overdose. The appellate panel ruled Friday that the decision by Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves' to admit the tape into evidence violated Puskas' right to confront a witness and violated court rules about hearsay testimony. The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office decli...