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Terry Connors

Terry Connors

Terrence M. "Terry" Connors, veteran Buffalo defense attorney and Connors Law LLP founding partner, legal analyst on WBEN NewsRadio and the On Deadline podcast.

Oct 13, 2026

14:14
Or is it? What are the similarities? What are maybe the differences in a case like this?
14:20
Well, it's totally different.
14:21
It's been called historic because we've not had one in Western New York for over 100 years.
14:27
So everything about it is very different.
14:30
But primarily it's the process.
14:32
Keep in mind, Brian, that they started out with 1,200 prospects for the jury.
14:37
They were vetted through extensive questionnaires.
18:18
Quickly, Terry, do you think that a jury can be picked fairly?
speaker_12HOST
10:07
What do you make of all the noise that's happened since the mistrial was declared?
10:13
Well, there's, there's a lot of things that are really going on right now, and excuse my voice, I'm a little hoarse this morning.
10:19
But, but today will be revealing, and I think the answers to your questions will come out at the, at the conference today.
10:24
Um, are they going to retry? They'll probably say, "We're looking at a retrial." Have they reached a plea agreement? Well, we'll know if they have some type of progress in that area.
10:35
But the most important thing now from all of that noise, Brian, is the motions that were filed by Kevin Reddington.
10:42
The judge is gonna have to decide three important motions.
10:45
One, is he willing to grant a trial order of dismissal? That basically means that the judge will say, "There was never enough evidence to convict, and I'm declaring her not guilty." That's a long shot, but that's one motion.
speaker_12HOST
13:17
I mean, it takes 12 people to find somebody guilty or, or, or not guilty.
speaker_14HOST
13:42
What do you make of all the noise that's happened since the mistrial was declared?
13:48
Well, there's, there's a lot of things that are really going on right now, and excuse my voice.
13:52
I'm a little hoarse this morning.
13:54
But, but today we'll be revealing, and I think the answers to your questions will come out at the, at the conference today.
14:00
Um, are they going to retry? They'll probably say, "We're looking at a retrial." Have they reached a plea agreement? Well, we'll know if they have some type of progress in that area.
14:11
But the most important thing now from all of that noise, Brian, is the motions that were filed by Kevin Reddington.
14:18
The judge is gonna have to decide three important motions.
speaker_14HOST
16:52
I mean, it takes 12 people to find somebody guilty or, or, or not guilty.
speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
13:55
What do you make of all the noise that's happened since the mistrial was declared?
14:01
Well, there's, there's a lot of things that are really going on right now, and excuse my voice, I'm a little hoarse this morning.
14:07
But, but today we'll be revealing, and I think the answers to your questions will come out at the, at the conference today.
14:13
Um, are they going to retry? They'll probably say, "We're looking at a retrial." Have they reached a plea agreement? Well, we'll know if they have some type of progress in that area.
14:24
But the most important thing now from all of that noise, Brian, is the motions that were filed by Kevin Reddington.
14:30
The judge is gonna have to decide three important motions.
14:33
One, is he willing to grant a trial order of dismissal? That basically means that the judge will say, "There was never enough evidence to convict, and I'm declaring her not guilty." That's a long shot, but that's one motion.
speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
17:05
I mean, it takes 12 people to find somebody guilty or, or, or not guilty.
Producer MartinCORRESPONDENT
2:07
Here's a clip of that.
2:09
Let me say off the bat that mobile phone companies, those are the most crucial terms and conditions.
2:14
You should read those in their entirety, and I'll give you a for why.
Producer MartinCORRESPONDENT
2:29
Yeah.
2:29
But we were talking about what if we got Lisa Tarbuck in a bin bag and forced her to sing Shakira songs.
2:36
Turns out, that is The Masked Singer, and that's now made into 100, hundreds of thousands of pounds franchise because the mobile phone company was listening, and they developed it off our ideas.

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