The liberal judge nominated by Gov. Hochul to lead the state’s highest court tossed a rape conviction because of a delay in getting DNA evidence.
lead the state’s highest court tossed a rape conviction last month because of a delay in getting DNA evidence — leaving the victim shattered and wondering why the jurist is even being considered for such an important post.
The boyfriend immediately called a friend to come get the couple out of her home, she said. He also called her parents, who drove her to the hospital, where a nurse performed an exam and took a rape kit.Police immediately questioned Regan, 42, a former Army sergeant and Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, and he denied having sex with her, but told cops “he wished he had,” according to court records.
The prosecutors blamed delays on “incompetence,” according to the court record. It wasn’t made clear whose incompetence they were citing. In the majority opinion, Wilson wrote the decision would protect “vital societal interests” and that the legal system must spur “prosecutors to take crime seriously and give all parties the prompt closure they need to move on with their lives.”
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