
Former City Council Member Dan Halloran (Credit: New York City Council)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A former Queens city councilman charged in a corruption case will not be able to use insanity as a defense, a judge has ruled.
As WCBS 880’s Irene Cornell reported, Dan Halloran, a co-defendant in the trial against state Sen. Malcolm Smith, raised the question of an insanity defense as jury selection continued Tuesday.
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