Sentencing, School Yard Slaying Case

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Rodolfo Godinez, 27, of Newark has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus twenty years – a total of 245 years — for the schoolyard murders of Iofemi Hightower, 20, Dashon Harvey, 20, Terrance Aeriel, 18, and the attempted murder of Natasha Aeriel, now…

MEDIA ADVISORY, Rodolfo Godinez Trial

Closing arguments in the case of State v. Rodolfo Godinez are tentatively scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, May 19, 2010 before the Honorable Judge Michael Ravin, 11th Floor, Essex County Veterans Courthouse, 50 West Market Street, Newark, NJ. All requests regarding cameras or other video or electronic equipment, including laptops, in the court room must be…