The dismissed federal civil suit brought by Kareem Bellamy, who served 14 years in prison on a murder charge before new evidence led to his release in 2008, against New York City was reanimated Tuesday by a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit panel majority.

Circuit Judge John Walker Jr. and District Judge Michael Shea of the District of Connecticut, sitting by designation, revived the bulk of the claims that had been dismissed by U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly of the Eastern District of New York in 2017. The majority found ample material issues raised by the handling of the case investigation by two New York City police detectives, and the actions of the Queens District Attorney’s Office during prosecution, to warrant a jury’s review at trial.

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