![]() Golino’s lawyer, Hugh Keefe, said his client was permanently damaged by the accusation. On the eve of his trial, Golino was released after tests showed that his blood type did not match the killer’s. In 1984, Golino, a former classmate of Serra’s, was charged with her murder. “He will be terribly missed by all who knew him,” Osach said.Ĭourant staff writer Mikaela Porter contributed to this story.NEW HAVEN – Anthony Golino, a New Haven man who was wrongly charged in the high-profile 1973 killing of Penney Serra in a parking garage, has died of cancer. He represented numerous individuals who potentially faced either life imprisonment or the death penalty and he fought for them.” Osach said Ullmann was a “fervent advocate of the abolition of the death penalty. He had so many close personal friends and acquaintances from living in Connecticut for 40 years and practicing law here.” Ron Osach, another New Haven lawyer, said Ullmann was “full of life. “It’s a terrible, terrible loss that all of us are feeling.” “He told me, ‘I always figured I had the constitution on my side. Ullmann didn’t have to go to jail in that contempt case, Dow said. “He wouldn’t buck under to an unreasonable demand by a prosecutor,” he said. He said Ullmann stood up to judges when he thought they were wrong, and once was held in contempt of court. Even though he retired, Ullmann maintained membership in a number of law committees, particularly the Sentence Reform Committee, Dow said.ĭow said Ullmann also taught trial practice at Quinnipiac’s law school and made himself available to assist lawyers in tactical decision, how to approach problems, and get the best results for clients. ![]() Ullmann was a graduate of Quinnipiac University and the University of Connecticut School of Law. And that had no effect on the vigor and energy that he devoted to protecting their rights.”ĭow said lawyers would ask themselves, ” ‘Have I done as good as Tom Ullmann would do in representing my clients?’ He really was universally admired and respected by judges, by lawyers, by clients.” “He represented his clients wholeheartedly and many of his clients were very unpopular people. “He was always the one that used to measure our own performance. “Tom was the gold standard for professional responsibility of a criminal defense lawyer,” Dow said. Willie Dow, another lawyer, said Ullmann had lost two close friends at a relatively young age and wanted to take advantage of his time to travel and hike. He was one of the most civil people I ever knew.” You stand between the crowd and that person, and your defense is a civilizing influence, and that’s who Tommy was. Everybody in the room wants your client dead. You know what it is to defend people, especially a case like the Cheshire case. “ was just an Odysseus-like character,” Pattis said. “Tommy could find the humanity in the accused.” The death sentences of Hayes and his partner in the murders, Joshua Komisarjevsky, were later changed to life in prison when Connecticut abolished the death penalty. “He stood by through every phase of the proceedings up to the time he was condemned to die,” Pattis said. ![]() Pattis said Ullmann, who had served as chief public defender since 1992, had an unwavering commitment to the interests of his client, exemplified in his representation of Hayes in the murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Michaela, 11, and Hayley, 17, in 2007. Tommy did it with dignity and courage every day that he came out to court and was an inspiration to me and will remain so.” ![]() “Defending unpopular people is a vocation few people understand. “Tom Ullmann was a hero of mine,” said Norm Pattis, a criminal defense lawyer.
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