
Judge Sentences Thomas Murphy In Drunk-Driving Killing Of Boy Scout Andrew McMorris To 8 1/3 To 25 Years
A man convicted in a drunk-driving crash that killed a Boy Scout on Long Island was sentenced to prison on Wednesday.
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A man convicted in a drunk-driving crash that killed a Boy Scout on Long Island was sentenced to prison on Wednesday.
Thomas Murphy was found guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide for the death of 12-year-old Boy Scout Andrew McMorris in Manorville on Sept. 30, 2018.
Emotions ran high in a Suffolk County courtroom on Wednesday at a hearing for the man convicted of drunk driving and killing a Boy Scout two years ago.
Thomas Murphy was found guilty last month of aggravated vehicular homicide and second-degree manslaughter.
Thomas Murphy was in court Tuesday to hear a judge deny his request to dismiss the charges.
The verdict was reached during the first full day of deliberations.
It was a trial filled with gut-wrenching testimony, tears and overwhelming emotion.
The defense calls the death of 12-year-old Andrew McMorris a tragic car accident. But prosecutors say a drunk driver drove off the road, turning a dream day into a nightmare.
The defense continued its case Thursday in the drunk driving trial of Thomas Murphy, the Holbrook man accused of striking and killing 12-year-old Boy Scout Andrew McMorris.
Thomas Murphy is accused of being legally drunk hours after the crash when his blood was drawn, but a defense expert testified that reading was flawed.
The courtroom was packed Thursday to hear heartwrenching testimony in the drunk driving trial of the man who hit and killed a Boy Scout last year.
A judge denied a motion for a mistrial, but indicated that he will drop four of the top counts Thomas Murphy is facing because they are "not legally sustainable" and "there is a built in reasonable doubt."
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Thomas Murphy, of Holbrook, is charged with running into a group of Boy Scouts, killing one them last fall.
Suffolk County prosecutors say Thomas Murphy's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when he plowed into a group of scouts walking in Manorville in September.
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Thomas Murphy, 59, now faces upgraded charges in the death of 12-year-old Andrew McMorris on Long Island.
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