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Conviction Overturned in Officer Wright Case | Rochester News
The conviction in the 2019 attack on Officer Denny Wright has been overturned, sending Keith Williams back to trial after an appeals court ruled the trial judge wrongly barred a defense psychiatrist’s testimony — a key constitutional error. Williams remains jailed while awaiting his new trial, forcing Officer Wright and his family to relive the trauma. Public defenders see this as a landmark ruling, though emotionally devastating; the Rochester Locust Club called it frustrating, questioning the relevance of a post-incident diagnosis. The DA’s office called the reversal “deeply disappointing,”…
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