A Brooklyn appellate court has found that a man challenging his manslaughter and assault convictions is entitled to a hearing on claims of actual innocence and ineffective assistance of counsel.
Michael Jones was convicted in 1990 of first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree manslaughter in connection to a Brooklyn shooting that killed two people and injured a third. Jones, serving a 35-year-to-life sentence, has maintained his innocence and filed numerous post-conviction challenges. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Michael Brennan (See Profile) denied the most recent bid without a hearing in October 2010.
