A former New York City police sergeant can stay out of jail while he appeals his manslaughter conviction for tossing a picnic cooler at a fleeing suspect who then crashed his motorized scooter and died, a judge ruled Friday.
The decision by a state appellate court judge came a week after a lower-court judge sentenced Erik Duran to three to nine years in prison and ordered him jailed immediately in the 2023 death of 30-year-old Eric Duprey.
