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Article: EXPERT: SUCCESS OF JONES APPEAL UNLIKELY; APPEALS ON TECHNICALITIES MAKE PEOPLE CYNICAL ABOUT THE SYSTEM, HE SAYS.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2009
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Byline: Douglass Dowty Staff writer
When a jury Thursday convicted Alan Jones of murdering his stepsister, Erin Maxwell, his defense attorney quickly promised to appeal.
Even if lawyer Salvatore Lanza gets that chance, he's not likely to be successful, according to a criminal law expert at Syracuse University.
John Gross, acting director of SU's Criminal Defense Clinic, also said he disagrees with Oswego County Court Judge Walter Hafner's opinion that the verdict is likely to be dismissed on appeal.
"I think it would be difficult; the odds are always against you," Gross said. "The jury was convinced, beyond a reasonable doubt, that ...