Kaitlyn Conley released from prison as Oneida DA mulls plans after conviction overturned

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Kaitlyn Conley released from prison as Oneida DA mulls plans after conviction overturned

After having her manslaughter conviction overturned, Kaitlyn Conley has been released from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.

Conley was sentenced to serve 23 years in prison in 2017 after being found guilty of first-degree manslaughter for the poisoning of Mary Yoder, her boss. The State Appellate Division in Rochester heard her appeal and overturned her conviction, citing the handling of evidence by the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office and a lack of effective counsel.

And while her manslaughter conviction was overturned Friday, the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office has yet to announce whether or not it is moving forward with a new case.

Kaitlyn Conley in Oneida County Court for her sentencing on Jan. 11, 2018.

Oneida County District Attorney Todd Carville said the manslaughter conviction was dismissed without prejudice and gives his office the chance to represent any charge to a future grand jury.

At the hearing for Conley’s release, the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office argued to hold Conley for 45 days.

“There’s a part of the law that allows for someone to be held in these circumstances while we potentially resubmit the case to a grand jury, but Judge Bernadette Clark didn’t see it that way,” Carville said.

When asked what his office’s next step is, Carville said it will be meeting to reevaluate all of the evidence in light of the Appellate Division’s decision and decide whether or not there was enough viable evidence.

“The Appellate Division opined that certain evidence should be suppressed,” Carville said. “So any fruit of that evidence is suppressed. So we need to determine what that evidence is and what the case looks like without that evidence, and then make a determination if there’s enough to go forward with the grand jury.”

When asked, Carville said there was no timetable for when this would happen, but that it wouldn’t be in the immediate future, if at all.

“We need to reexamine the evidence first,” he said.

(This story was updated with additional information.)

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