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Lisa Pongracic

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Lisa Pongracic is a judge based in Manhattan, New York City.

Arraignments[]

  • Remanded the defendent without bail on serial murder charges.
  • Granted the defensel's motion to release the defendent on bail after another similar murder is committed.

Cases tried[]

  • Takes judicial notice that the charges were upgraded to first-degree murder after DA Adam Schiff was removed from the case by the governor and replaced with Deputy Attorney General Victor Panetti.
  • Takes judicial notice of an affidavit signed by Schiff submitted to Civil Court claiming the charges did not merit a charge of first-degree murder.
  • Determined that Denise Grobman had to testify on video tape and oversaw the bedside hearing.
  • Allowed Dr. Skoda to examine Denise.
  • Ruled Denise incompetent to testify on her husband's behalf, potentially affecting Denise's application to terminate her life support. As a personal friend and former colleague of Denise, this was a hard decision for the judge to make.
  • Granted the defense's motion to suppress the defendant's confession obtained using the defendant's medical file but denied the defense's motion to suppress evidence found in his house.
  • Accepted a plea of guilty for manslaughter in the first degree for killing Tracy Conley from the defendant.
  • Sentenced the defendant to 10 years in prison for the murder and an additional five for violating his parole.
  • Ordered the jury to disregard Otum's attorney, Andrew Maynard's, last statement.

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