A man is serving a 10-year prison sentence for a fight and stabbing outside a nightclub — but both he and his trial attorney said they never knew outside camera video of the attack existed and never saw the police report, which could clear his name
At the trial, prosecutors only showed video from two cameras inside a parking garage that revealed a fight between two girls.
The I-Team obtained an email from the district attorney’s office in 2019 where a member of the Conviction Integrity Unit described a meeting with the case detective, Scott Patterson. "Patterson stated he believed that he had viewed the footage from the outside camera when he went to the crime scene on June 12, 2014," the email read."As he was assigned to night watch, he did not collect the video - that task was assigned to another detective."
Neither the NYPD nor the DA’s office would comment, but a judge has ordered a hearing on the evidence that will begin Nov. 14th. Among the questions: If relevant video existed, was it viewed by NYPD detectives or personnel from the Office of the District Attorney?
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