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6 unusual facts about New York County District Attorney


A Cold Case

A Cold Case follows real-life chief investigator Andy Rosenzweig from the Manhattan District Attorney's office as he investigates the 1970 murders of Richie Glennon and Pete McGinn, a case which was seemingly closed too soon.

Dorothy Uhnak

All three novels featured Christie Opara, an NYPD detective assigned to the Manhattan District Attorney Office, where Uhnak herself was assigned for many years.

John Kirkland Clark

(January 21, 1877 - January 20, 1963) was a New York City assistant district attorney under Charles S. Whitman, the New York County District Attorney.

John Peter Galanis

The case was brought by Manhattan District Attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau.

Kenneth Conboy

Conboy accrued an extensive range of experience and responsibilities when he worked in a range of positions: as a trial attorney, chief of the rackets bureau, and executive assistant district attorney for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York City from 1966 to 1977.

Plaxico Burress

On December 23, 2008, a search of Burress' New Jersey home by the Totowa, New Jersey police, the New York Police Department, and investigators from the Manhattan District Attorney turned up a 9 mm handgun, a rifle, ammunition and the clothing believed to have been worn by Burress on the night of his accidental shooting.


Capital punishment in New York

New York Law School Professor and death penalty advocate Robert Blecker advocated strongly in favor of reinstatement, while Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau strongly opposed reinstatement.

Charles Becker

In the aftermath, Manhattan District Attorney Charles S. Whitman, who had made an appointment with Rosenthal before his death, made no secret of his belief that the gangsters had committed the murder at Becker's behest.

Gunning S. Bedford

His son Gunning S. Bedford (1837–1893) was Assistant New York County District Attorney under A. Oakey Hall from 1865 to 1868, a New York City judge from 1869 to 1878, and again Asst.


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Portrait of Wally

New York County District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau subpoenaed the Portrait of Wally together with another Schiele painting in January 1998, claiming that they had been improperly acquired Nazi loot.