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Jan 13, 2008 12:56 pm US/Eastern

Tankleff Lawyer Expects No Retrial After New Probe

NEW YORK (AP) ― A defense lawyer says he's confident a new investigation won't lead to a retrial for a Long Island man who served 17 years in prison for his parents' murder before his conviction was overturned last month.

But attorney Barry Pollack says he's concerned about the new probe "needlessly delaying the inevitable" for his client, Martin Tankleff.

All charges against Tankleff were scheduled to be dropped Friday. Now, it looks like those charges might remain in place, at least for a time.

Governor Eliot Spitzer has appointed state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to lead a new investigation into the 1988 murders of Arlene and Seymour Tankleff.

Cuomo says he won't be ready by Friday to decide whether Tankleff should face a new trial. He says his office will "want to preserve all our options."

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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