Monday, January 27, 2014

NY POST: No New Trial For Annabi and Jereis

Yonkers duo jailed for bribery won’t get new trial
By Rich Calder
Both former Democratic Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi and her mentor, former Yonkers Republican Chairman Zehy Jereis, demanded a retrial in December, saying their case should be retried after it was revealed by the feds that a key government witness whose testimony helped convict them in 2012 was busted in a separate bribery scheme.
But Manhattan federal Judge Colleen McMahon sided with prosecutors who argued that businessman Franco Milio’s damning testimony against the defendants was corroborated at trial by additional evidence.
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