A Manhattan judge has dismissed the criminal case against a former NYPD detective accused of lying under oath to secure drug arrests in the middle of his weekslong trial.
have asked judges to drop more than 450 convictions based on Franco’s detective work. The dismissal of his own charges will not affect those cases, according to a spokesperson for Bragg.
Doug Cohen, a spokesperson for Bragg, said in a statement that the office is looking into the cause of the error. He said the prosecutor handling the case, Stephanie Minogue, has been removed from her post as deputy chief of the Police Accountability Unit. Franco’s lawyer, Howard Tanner, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Bragg’s spokesman said he could not provide further information about the nature of the discovery violation, because the case is now sealed from the public.
“His lies were a poison that tainted any fair or legitimate case,” Assistant District Attorney Samantha Dworken said during opening statements.
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