ALBANY – A North Country man convicted at retrial of a grisly double murder is not entitled to a third trial even though the judge told prospective jurors that he was “stuck” retrying the case after the first conviction was tossed on a “technicality,” a state appeals panel has held.
The Appellate Division, Third Department, said despite Clinton County Judge Patrick McGill (See Profile) telling potential jurors that Edward Dashnaw had been previously convicted, he also “appropriately and repeatedly” reminded them that the defendant was presumed innocent.
