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Appeals Court Orders New Trial For Paterson Man Convicted Of Gunning Down Dad Of Six Appeals Court Orders New Trial For Paterson Man Convicted Of Gunning Down Dad Of Six
Appeals Court Orders New Trial For Paterson Man Convicted Of Gunning Down Dad Of Six A Paterson man’s murder conviction was overturned by an appeals court that ruled that certain evidence shouldn't have been presented at his trial. Charles M. Grant, 37, has been serving a life sentence for the shooting death more than three years earlier of Isaac "Blaze" Tucker, a 40-year-old father of six. Grant had eluded authorities for more than 2½ years after the February 2015 killing before U.S. Marshals tracked him nearly 150 miles to a small northeast Maryland town. No motive was established and no eyewitnesses were presented during his five-week murder trial in Superior Court in P…