Second Trial In Mount Vernon Slaying Brings Another Conviction

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- A man was convicted for a second time in a deadly Mount Vernon robbery after an appeals court reversed the original verdict, according to lohud.com.

A man was convicted for the second time in the death of a Mount Vernon man after the original conviction was overturned on appeal.
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Robert Mikulak

07/13/2015 11:30 a.m.

Keith Wilkinson, 32, was found guilty Friday in Westchester County Court in the death of Leaton Burke, 38, during a robbery at Burke's home on South 10th Avenue, lohud reported. Police discovered 5 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun during a search of the home, according to lohud.

In 2011, Wilkinson was convicted of murder, burglary, robbery, assault and weapons possession, and later received a 25-years-to-life sentence, lohud reported. An appeals court vacated that conviction last year and ordered a new trial, according to lohud.

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