The attorneys representing former New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer Peter Liang, who was convicted in February for fatally shooting an unarmed man in Brooklyn, filed a motion Tuesday asking for a retrial.
The motion,
obtained by NBC News, alleges that Juror 9, 62-year-old Michael Vargas,
lied in court during jury selection when he said no one in his close
family had been accused of a crime. Vargas, according to the court
document, told the New York Daily News during an interview last week
that his father, convicted of manslaughter, had served more than seven
years in prison for "accidentally shooting a friend."
"His misconduct denied Mr. Liang the right to an
impartial jury and requires a new trial in this case," Liang's
attorneys Paul Shechtman and Gabriel J. Chin wrote.
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Source: NBC News
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