Re: Black anti-violence activist, commuted by Gov. Cuomo, has murder charges dropped

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Cohoes, NY — Dontie Mitchell, an anti-violence advocate, pardoned by
Governor Andrew Cuomo, has been cleared of a second-degree murder
charge, stemming from a Cohoes shooting in August.

Mitchell has been working with teens since his release from prison
in 2021.

In August, he was accused of and charged with murder in the second
degree, criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of reckless
endangerment. Mitchell was accused in the shooting death of Shieer
Leggett back on August 11, in the city of Cohoes.

"As of now, only the gun charge remains which is the way the case
should be moving. We've been maintaining since day one that Dontie
absolutely did not intend to kill anyone, he did not kill anyone,"
said Michell's Public Defender, Rebekah Sokol. "It was this other
gentleman who should not be considered a co-defendant in my
opinion."
In September 2021, he was released from Fishkill Correctional
Facility after being behind bars since the age of 17, the last 24
years, for an attempted robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.

Court documents dated Dec. 13 state, "...surveillance video of the
incident shows an initial verbal altercation arising between the
defendant and his codefendant outside a store front."

Seven of the codefendant's acquaintances (including the victim)
surrounded the defendant, with the codefendant aggressively yelling
in close range to the defendant's face - with his hand in his
pocket. The codefendant can be heard yelling about his gang
affiliations - as well as those on the block. As the verbal
disagreement escalated, both the defendant and his codefendant
pulled out firearms.
According to the paperwork, the video "does not depict which
defendant went for their firearm first." The statement goes on to
explain that a grand jury witness testified to Mitchell pulling out
a gun first, but the video surveillance does not confirm this.

Almost immediately after guns were drawn, the codefendant, gun in
hand, and his acquaintances turned and ran down the street.

The evidence tends to indicate that the defendant was the first
person to begin shooting, however, the video surveillance does not
actually depict the defendant shooting. The codefendant and an
acquaintance, within several seconds. returned fire. The victim, an
acquaintance of the codefendant, was shot and killed with the
bullets from the codefendant's firearm.
The grand jury testimony included statements from a female witness
that alleged to have a conversation with Mitchell following the
shooting in which he stated, "he was defending himself."

Sokol believe's Mitchell's prior history played a role in the
charges brought against him.

"It's unfortunate people are so willing to throw that in his face
like look you've been charged with murder now; when clearly that's
out of the picture now," said Sokol. "The District Attorney's Office
and this indictment and charging him in the way that they did I
think they were trying to use him as a escape goat to try to explain
a situation that developed outside of Dontie's control."

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/first-on-6-pardoned-crime-
activist-has-murder-charges-dropped#