A Connecticut man who now proclaims innocence after pleading guilty in a decades-old Great Neck child sex abuse case has asked a judge for a hearing to reconstruct what specific crimes were part of his conviction.
But if a record can't be recreated, convicted sex offender Jesse Friedman, 46, wants the judge to reverse his conviction.
A Nassau judge last year granted Friedman a separate hearing on his claim of actual innocence, a proceeding that hasn't happened yet.
StoryLawyers spar over sex offender's record
His attorney, Ronald Kuby of Manhattan, said in a July 21 motion that the record from his client's plea in December 1988 to 26 of 244 charges from three indictments was lost by "either the court reporter or the People."
Friedman's motion says the court record shows an assistant district attorney previously told a judge that prosecutors know what offenses Friedman pleaded guilty to, but "don't have a way to correspond them to the actual counts http://www.mls.com/ in the indictment."
Shams Tarek, a spokesman for acting District Attorney Madeline Singas, said Tuesday that "an exhaustive review" by the office had "confirmed the propriety of Friedman's guilty plea," and that prosecutors "will review and respond to Mr. Kuby's latest motion."
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