State Appellate Court Overturns Callahan Murder Conviction By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – District Attorney John Muehl doesn’t see how overturning Casey Callahan’s guilty verdict is in the interest of justice. “This ruling was made ‘in the interest of justice,’” he said. “But their interest of justice is for a murderer, not a victim, who was a loving mother and a member of a close-knit family.” The Appellate Division, Third Department, overturned Callahan’s 2017 conviction for murder…
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Court Overturns Murder Verdict v. Casey Callahan Husband Had Been Found Guilty 17 Years After Wife Was Run Over By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan’s 2017 conviction for murder in the second degree in the 2000 killing of his wife, Elizabeth Callahan, has been overturned by the Appellate Division, Third Department, according to a decision announced Friday. “Because the evidence of the defendant’s guilt was not overwhelming, there must be a new trial,” the decision…