Jury acquits Yvonne Garbett’s client of all charges
Hudson Valley One reported that New Paltz police officer Jerome Milton, charged with official misconduct and filing a false report among other crimes, was found not guilty by a jury in June 2026. Yvonne Garbett was his trial attorney.
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View the print edition (June 17, 2026, PDF)Case dismissed on speedy-trial grounds (CPL § 30.30)
In People v. Vasquez, 2024 NY Slip Op 51629(U), the Town of Haverstraw Justice Court (Rockland County) granted Yvonne Garbett’s motion and dismissed the case on December 2, 2024. The court held that an adjournment caused by the assigned judge’s illness counts against the prosecution, a question it described as one of first impression.
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