Guns + trash can + conflicting stories = acquittal
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- November
- 6
Vance Major is a happy man today, having been found not guilty of gun charges that his attorney said could have sent the Yonkers convict to prison for 30 years.
Major, 29, has two prior felony convictions – a 2000 weapons charge and a 2006 drug possession charge – and was on trial for felony gun charges after plainclothes police officers said they saw Major toss two guns into a trash can on Oliver Street the night of Sept. 10, 2008.
Other people hanging around the area said they saw Major ditch the guns in the garbage as well, but the jury chose to believe two other witnesses who testified that they were with Major that night and he had no part in any gun-tossing. The panel dismissed the entire five-count indictment.
In what will be entered as the Understatement of the Year, his attorney, the indefatigable Barry Warhit, said his client was “relieved” by the verdict, adding that Major ”is anticipating getting on with his life.”
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