2022年9月28日 · Attorney Joe Tacopina defended Melanie McGuire against charges of murdering her husband in her 2007 trial. McGuire's husband, Bill McGuire, was shot and dismembered in 2004, and his body parts were found in three different suitcases in the …

2014年7月11日 · McGuire, 41, who is serving a life sentence for the April 28, 2004, murder of William McGuire, is arguing that she was denied effective representation by famed attorney Joseph Tacopina, who...

On September 25, 2014, McGuire appeared in court with her new attorney Lois DeJulio, a public defender, to try to get a hearing that could overturn her 2007 murder conviction, on the grounds that her previous legal representation by Joe Tacopina was inadequate or ineffective. The request was subsequently denied.

2018年2月5日 · She was convicted following a televised trial in which she was represented by famed attorney Joseph Tacopina. In her effort to seek post-conviction relief in 2014, McGuire claimed in court...

2014年7月12日 · Melanie McGuire, sentenced to life in prison for killing her husband in a case known as the “Suitcase Murder,” filed a petition in New Jersey Superior Court Thursday asking a judge for more...

2024年8月10日 · Through her attorneys, Joe Tacopina, Steve Turano, and Marc Ward, she pleaded not guilty to the charges. After being released on bail, Melanie faced additional charges on October 11, 2005. A four-count indictment came down from a state grand jury.

2010年10月27日 · WOODBRIDGE — A defense attorney argued today that "prejudicial internet postings" may have influenced the jury and are among the reasons a murder conviction should be thrown out against Melanie...

2017年8月7日 · McGuire has argued her trial attorney, Joseph Tacopina, failed to retain and call witnesses critical to her defense, such as one of her neighbors and a pharmacologist. Tacopina, a New York...

2014年9月27日 · Public defender Lois DeJulio said Melanie McGuire (center), 41, convicted in the 2004 'suitcase murder' of her husband, William McGuire, deserves the hearing because she received insufficient...

2007年4月23日 · Defense attorney Joseph Tacopina, left, with his client Melanie McGuire, and co-counsel defense attorney Stephen Turano listen to the guilty verdict. A Middlesex County jury has found...