CLICK FOR PROFILE WHEN JUDGE WAS NAMED 2015 ‘CITIZEN OF YEAR’ Judge Brian Burns Seeks Nomination To Supreme Court If Successful, Oneonta Jurist Would Run For Coccoma Seat By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County Court Judge Brian W. Burns is seeking the nomination for retired Judge Michael Coccoma’s vacant seat on the state Supreme Court in the Sixth Judicial District, he confirmed this afternoon. Burns was recommended for the nomination by the Otsego County Republican…
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Reprinted From This Week’s Hometown Oneonta, Freeman’s Journal Otsego County’s Wheels Of Justice Grind – Virtually Judges, Lawyers Operating On Skype By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Judge Burns D.A. Muehl COOPERSTOWN – Even the courtroom has gone virtual in the age of COVID-19. “If the arraignment is essential, like a felony arraignment, we’ve got Skype set up in the courtroom,” said District Attorney John Muehl. “An email gets sent around with the information, then the judge, myself and…
Jury Selection Starts In Fatal Oneonta Fire Truitt Brother, Girlfriend May Testify By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The brother and the ex-girlfriend of Gabriel Truitt, 33, may be called to testify in the trial now underway in Otsego County Court. They are Terrence Truitt and Heather Engler, and Gabriel is the Oneonta man charged with arson and first-degree murder in the death of former Oneonta firefighter John Heller on Dec. 30, 2018. Jury selection began Tuesday,…
FOOD PANTRY THEFT RESOLVED Bourbon-Parme ‘Convicted Felon For Rest Of Life’ By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “From this day forward, you are a convicted felon and will be for the rest of your life.” That was what county Judge Brian D. Burns told Antoine Bourbon-Parme, 59, as he was sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge on a charge of grand larceny in the fourth degree, a Class U felony, for embezzling more than $18,000 from the…
Judge Burns Streamlines Domestic Violence Court By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Otsego County Court Judge Brian Burns, the Integrated Domestic Violence Court is about more than just streamlining the court process. It’s about saving lives. “Right now I have two attempted murder cases in my courtroom that stem from domestic violence,” he said. “Intimate partner violence is a serious crime.” Under the current system, victims and perpetrators have to appear in person multiple times in different…
Truitt Murder Trial Scheduled For Jan. 20 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With a motion to suppress evidence rejected this morning, Gabriel Truitt, charged with the murder of John Heller after he allegedly lit his girlfriend’s Walling Avenue apartment on fire, will stand trial in Otsego County Court Jan. 20. 2020. During a hearing this morning in front of county Court Judge Brian Burns, Truitt’s lawyer Dennis Laughlin submitted motions to suppress photos and video taken…
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