Legal Opinion
Delano v. City of Buffalo
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided August 29, 2014No. 10-CV-922SPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*300DECISION AND ORDER
WILLIAM M. SKRETNY, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Thirteen-year-old Crystallynn Girard was found dead in her South Buffalo home on Valentine’s Day, 1993. Her mother, Lynn DeJac Peters, was accused of strangling the young girl. Peters was eventually tried and convicted of second-degree murder in Erie County court; she was sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment.
Among those testifying for the prosecution before the grand jury was Dennis Donahue, a one-time boyfriend of Peters who had quarreled with her on the night in question. Though once a potential suspect, Donahue passed a…
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