Seventeen years after Long Island teenager Martin Tankleff was convicted of brutally killing his parents, his case reached the Appellate Division, Second Department, for a second time yesterday.

Before a courtroom filled to capacity with Mr. Tankleff’s supporters – including actor James Gandolfini and the Innocence Project’s founder Barry Scheck – Mr. Tankleff’s attorneys argued for a reversal of Suffolk County Court Judge Stephen Braslow’s denial last year of his motion for a new trial.