After 20 weeks of trial and on its 12th day of deliberations, a Manhattan jury yesterday handed down a verdict that, unless overturned on appeal, will send Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son, Anthony D. Marshall, to prison for at least a year for looting his mother's estate. Further, the result of the criminal trial almost certainly will reduce Mr. Marshall's recovery in a separate surrogate's proceeding from the $132 million fortune of the society figure and philanthropist who died in 2007 at the age of 105. Francis X. Morrissey, a lawyer who assisted Mr. Marshall in Ms. Astor's estate planning, was convicted of all five charges against him, including forgery.
October 09, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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After 20 weeks of trial and on its 12th day of deliberations, a Manhattan jury yesterday handed down a verdict that, unless overturned on appeal, will send Brooke Astor’s 85-year-old son, Anthony D. Marshall, to prison for at least a year for looting his mother’s estate.
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