Article: VIGILANTE KILLER WINS A NEW TRIAL

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VIGILANTE KILLER WINS A NEW TRIAL -- JUDGE UNJUSTLY BARRED HIS FAMILY FROM COURT

By JENNIFER V. HUGHES, STAFF WRITER Date: 04-18-2002, Thursday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star B

A Hawthorne man serving a 37-year prison term for shooting a 16-year-old boy in a vigilante-style killing, will get a new trial after an appellate court threw out his manslaughter and attempted murder convictions Wednesday.

The ruling, which appears to be the first of its kind in New Jersey, found that state Superior Court Judge Ronald Sokalski improperly banned John Cuccio's family from the courtroom during jury selection for the April 2000 ...

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