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The state Supreme Court's appellate division decreed Grigoroff be retried; he was 19 when he was sentenced to 25 years to life after being convicted of killing John Marcinak during a botched break-in on New Year's Eve, the lohud.com story said.
The court said several pieces of evidence during the trial prejudiced the jury, which found Grigoroff guilty in October 2010, the story said.
Grigoroff was convicted of second-degree murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of attempted second-degree burglary, the story said.
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