Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota leaves the court in Central Islip, N.Y. Oct. 25, 2017. The former prosecutor Long Island prosecutor, convicted on corruption charges, began serving a five-year prison sentence Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, after surrendering to federal authorities. Photo: Seth Wenig/AP
Attorneys for former Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and his former anti-corruption unit chief, Christopher McPartland, on Thursday asked a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for a reversal of conviction and new trial for the men, who are serving five-year prison sentences for obstruction of justice.
Alan Vinegrad of Covington & Burling, who represents 81-year-old Spota, argued that U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack of the Eastern District of New York was wrong to admit evidence of former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke’s prior bad acts at trial.
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