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The Brooklyn Supreme Court at 320 Jay St., where Layla Adredini was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of 70-year-old Brenda Ann Whidbee. Photo by Rob Abruzzese

Brooklyn woman gets 20-to-life for killing senior in SUV attack

June 17 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

A Brooklyn woman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of a 70-year-old woman during an attempted vehicular assault on a male acquaintance. Layla Adredini, 33, of Stuyvesant Heights, was convicted of second-degree murder and attempted murder last month. According to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Adredini deliberately drove her […]

Brooklyn Supreme Court. Eagle file photo

Overturning a Brooklyn man’s 2006 murder conviction could come down to his haircut

November 21 | Noah Goldberg

A Brooklyn judge is mulling over whether or not to overturn a man’s 2006 murder conviction — and his innocence could depend on a haircut he had more than a decade ago. Attorneys delivered closing arguments on Wednesday in the case of James Davis, who was accused and convicted of murdering Blake Harper at a Jan. […]

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Woman claims her daughter lied to police to get Ocean Hill man convicted of murder

June 13 | Noah Goldberg

An Ocean Hill man is seeking to have his 2006 murder conviction overturned, claiming that one of the main witnesses in his case deliberately lied to the NYPD to implicate him. James Davis was convicted of shooting Blake Harper at a 2004 party at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. His Legal Aid Society lawyers claim there […]