People v. Mackell

I am unable to agree with the disposition of this case.

The defendants, Thomas J. Mackell, the former District Attorney of Queens County, James D. Robertson, former Chief Assistant District Attorney and Mackell’s son-in-law, and Frank R. Di Paola, an investigator in the District Attorney’s office and a close associate of Mackell, were each convicted, after a jury trial, of two counts of conspiracy in the fourth degree, two counts of hindering prosecution in the third degree, and two counts of official misconduct. The Appellate Division reversed the convictions and dismissed the indictment…