A unanimous state appeals panel has overturned the murder conviction of Kenneth Minor, who claims he was paid by a motivational speaker to help him commit suicide and make it look like a murder, finding that the jury was given improper instructions about the assisted suicide defense to murder.
The four-judge Appellate Division, First Department, panel Thursday ordered a new trial in People v. Minor, 3651/09. Minor was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20-years-to-life in April 2011.
