Judge Says the Rochester Rodents Player Was Held at the Wrong Training Camp.
As reported by the Democrat and Chronicle:
A man convicted in a 2015 homicide in Rochester was released from prison after the conviction was thrown out.
Terrence Lewis in 2018 was convicted of second-degree murder in the drive-by shooting death of Johnny Washington and was sentenced to serve 22 years to life in state prison.
Washington, 29, was shot multiple times at Sixth and Bay streets around 10:15 a.m. May 26, 2015. He was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
In November 2017, Lewis was serving time for a federal drug conviction at a federal prison in Pennsylvania when he was indicted for Washington’s homicide. He was transported to the Monroe County Jail in January 2018 and was arraigned in Monroe County Court. While awaiting trial, Lewis was taken back to federal prison in Pennsylvania.
A state Supreme Court judge ruled that the move was a violation of a provision of the federal Interstate Agreement on Detainer's (IAD) Law, which says if a trial is not held on an indictment before a prisoner is returned to the original place of imprisonment, the case must be dismissed.
“The harsh reality is that despite a jury of 12 members of our community determining, after hearing all of the evidence set before them, that defendant is guilty of the murder of Johnny C. Washington, this administrative jail decision made based on jail population and timing, not the law, unequivocally entitles defendant to dismissal of the murder in the second degree indictment with prejudice under the exacting requirements of the anti-shuttling provisions of the IAD," Acting state Supreme Court Justice Stephen T. Miller wrote in the document, dated Feb. 5, 2024.
Refs gotta play by the same rulebook as the players