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With the admission of this new evidence, the jury in this retrial will now be able to hear about Colono’s violent past from the defense, including an incident in which Colono was arrested after throwing money in the face of a cashier at a pizzeria and shattering the glass in the front door. The jury may also hear about another case in which Colono alledgedly assaulted two people on a subway and then spit on the police officers who arrested him, according to the Associated Press. In the original trial, the jury was only allowed to hear...
Besides the violent history of Colono, the defense will also be able to cite the record of Colono’s cousin Samuel Rodriguez. Rodriguez was with Colono on the night he died and said he jumped into the fight when he could see his relative losing. Whereas the jury was previously allowed to hear only about Rodriguez’s three prior assault and battery convictions, they will now be able to learn that Rodriguez once egged a passing car and then attacked one of its riders, hit his sister in the eye with a cup and then tried...
...Certainly if there’s evidence that the man whom [Pring-Wilson] killed was violent that would support his story that [Colono] attacked him,” he said...
Assistant Clinical Professor at HLS Alex Whiting echoed Weinreb’s uncertainty as to the effect the new evidence will have on the ultimate outcome of the case, but said that it certainly supports the defense’s claim that Colono was the first aggressor...
...jury may decide that it helps them decide or cast doubt on the Commonwealth’s case against the defendant but the jury might decide that these are separate incidents and have nothing to do with it,” he said, referring to Colono and Rodriguez’s prior crimes...