Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Assistant prosecutor reportedly said trial could last until late December.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Opening arguments in the trial of accused killer Giuseppe Tedesco may not begin until about a month after jury selection began in Sussex County Superior Court, according to a report. Sussex County Assistant Prosecutor Seana Pappas said the trial may not begin until the middle of October, with it expected to last until late December, according to a report by The Star-Ledger. Tedesco is charged with murder, illegal possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in the March 27, 2010, death of Alyssa Ruggieri. The allegations were placed on the record during a January pre-trial conference hearing during which Tedesco formally rejected the state’s plea offer of a 30 year prison sentence on the murder charge.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Report says selection could take until Sept. 20
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Friday, September 14, 2012
A week after a plea request by the defense was rejected, jury selection has begun in the trial of accused killer Giuseppe Tedesco, according to a report by the New Jersey Herald. Tedesco is charged with the March 27, 2010, death of Alyssa Ruggieri. According to the report, 58 potential jurors were brought into Sussex County Superior Court on Wednesday to begin the process of selecting 15 sworn members. The report also said the process could take until Sept. 20, and that a motion for a venue change by Tedesco's attorney has been tabled until the 58 could be questioned. Last Thursday during a status conference, the attorney for Tedesco, Anthony Iacullo, had his plea request of aggravated manslaughter rejected by the Sussex County Prosecutor’…
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Trial in the death of borough resident Alyssa Ruggereri to begin Wednesday.
NEWTON–A week before the murder trial that could send his client to jail for 30 years, the attorney for accused killer Giuseppe Tedesco, asked the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office if the state would discuss a plea of aggravated manslaughter, a query that was rejected. Tedesco, of Hopatcong, is charged with the March 27, 2010, death of Alyssa Ruggieri. In a status conference Thursday before Superior Court Judge Peter Conforti, Seana Pappas, the Sussex County assistant prosecutor trying the case, said Tedesco’s attorney Anthony Iacullo asked in a letter if the state would consider the lesser charge. “The only plea offer the state was willing to consider was a plea to murder that carried a sentence of 30 years in jail with no possibility of …
Monday, January 23, 2012
Judge sets June 5 trial date.
The refusal by Alyssa Ruggieri of Hopatcong to agree to celebrate Giuseppe Tedesco’s birthday led to her shooting death, the state argued Monday. Tedesco, also of Hopatcong, is charged with murder, illegal possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in Ruggieri’s 2010 death. The allegations were placed on the record during a pre-trial conference hearing during which Tedesco formally rejected the state’s plea offer of a 30-year prison sentence on the murder charge. Seana Pappas, an assistant prosecutor in the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office, told Superior Court Judge Peter Conforti that the pair exchanged text messages on March 27, 2010, during which Ruggieri refused to meet Tedesco, who had asked the woman …
Giuseppe Tedesco of Hopatcong was charged with murdering a borough woman in March 2010.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Updated 10:09 a.m. The Hopatcong man charged with murdering a borough woman in March 2010 will appear for a status conference at Sussex County Superior Court in Newton at 1:30 p.m. Monday. Giuseppe Tedesco was charged with shooting 22-year-old Alyssa Ruggieri to death in her home. Tedesco, also facing weapons charges, has pleaded not guilty. He is being held on $1 million bail and faces up to life in prison if convicted of murder. Tedesco has also rejected a plea deal that would have sentenced him to 30 years in jail. Tedesco's lawyer, Anthony Iacullo, has said Tedesco could plead self-defense. In July, a judge turned down Tedesco's dismissal of his indictment and a reduction in bail. Monday's hearing was initially scheduled for 9 a.m. …
dorothy
5:21 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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