Prosecutors say James Donovan’s investigative work is no longer reliable.
Dozens of people convicted of drug possession, trespassing and other misdemeanor crimes are getting those charges cleared from their records, after the convictions were tainted by the investigative work of a former NYPD detective who later admitted to lying in court, according to court records.
The newly vacated convictions are among 148 convictions that judges dismissed after reviews by the unit. Of those, 132 have been based on investigations of former detectives found guilty of crimes that undermined their credibility, according to the DA’s office. Donovan described observing the man lying down in the backseat of a Hyundai Elantra with his eyes closed and said he recognized the man’s face from pictures he had seen, according to a transcript of his testimony. “I know it was him,” he said.
As a result of that false testimony, Benjet said, his unit conducted an extensive review of Donovan’s cases and found that 46 misdemeanor convictions tied to his time working in the 103rd Precinct should no longer stand, because the “essential witness” — Donovan — was no longer reliable.
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