Oct 14, 2020 · POTSDAM — A federal judge Wednesday dismissed former St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary E. Rain from a lawsuit brought by Oral N. “Nick” Hillary over his arrest and prosecution in connection with the 2011 murder of 12-year-old Garrett J. Phillips.
Jan 22, 2015 · Local media report that the second indictment procured by St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain says Oral "Nick" Hillary strangled and suffocated Garrett Phillips in October 2011 inside...
Potsdam village police Lt. Mark R. Murray escorts Oral ‘Nick’ Hillary into the Police Department on Thursday afternoon for booking on a second-degree murder charge in the death of 12-year-old Potsdam resident Garrett J. Phillips in 2011. May 2014. Lt. Murray, lead investigator and lead defendant in Hillary v .
Sep 24, 2015 · District Attorney Mary E. Rain has a different interpretation of the action, charging that Hillary was trying to intimidate Cyrus before his …
MF: So, as we just heard – this lawsuit was filed a couple of months after Nick Hillary was found not guilty of second-degree murder in St. Lawrence County court. That was back in 2016. Remind us, what was this lawsuit about?
MF: We should point out that Hillary is black, of Jamaican descent. And he has always said he was targeted by police and treated differently from another suspect in the case, who is white. That’s sheriff’s deputy John Jones.
State forensics investigators at the scene of Garrett Phillips' death in 2011. (NCPR file photo)
The attorney representing accused child killer Oral "Nick" Hillary says if the governor decides to investigate St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain for possible removal from office, it could end up have some bearing on Hillary's September 6 trial...
The full motion is linked in the article.
The trial was scheduled to begin on Jan 27; however, on Jan. 21, Mr. Cyrus pleaded guilty to a reduced count of third-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon, a class E violent felony, in a plea deal that satisfied the other charges against him. There is no sentencing commitment by County Court Judge Jerome J. Richards and exposes Mr.
DA Rain is in the news literally every time I look up Potsdam news. Although this one does not mention the case, it is increasingly easier to believe she just might be the type to frame an innocent man. St. Hilaire's letter is linked in the article. If it's all true, this trade has been going on for years.
After reading what is present just in this article I would like to know HOW IS THIS GOING TO TRIAL?
Jury selection seemed to be going more smoothly than expected this week in the murder trial of an ex-Clarkson University soccer coach in the 2011 strangulation of a 12-year-old boy.