Doctor Testifies in Correctional Facility Beating Death Trial
UTICA, New York (WWNY) – โฃThe trial ofโค three former correction officers accused in the death ofโข marcy Correctional Facility inmate Robert Brooks continued Thursday in Oneida County Court with testimony focusing on the injuries Brooks sustained in December 2024.
Dr. andrea Marin, a physician atโ Wynn Hospital inโ Utica, was the firstโ witness to take the stand.She testified she treated Brooks on โDecember 7th following an altercation at Mohawkโ Correctional facility.โ Dr. Marin โdescribed Brooks as alert and respectful, noting he complained of a โขheadache and presented โwith a black eye onโข his right side. After conducting tests, she discharged him and did not provide further treatment.
Fellow inmate Michael Peacock then provided testimony โฃdetailing two incidents of alleged โคassault against Brooks. Peacock stated Brooks arrivedโฃ at their housing unit on December 8th appearing ill. He recounted that Brooks was afterwardโฃ attacked by a group of inmates after being instructed by a correction officer โto clean up vomitโ in his cell, which he was to weak to do.
Peacock testified a second assault occurred โขon December 9th, again initiated by the same inmates. He stated one assailant used a “lock in a sock” – a combination lock concealed within a sockโค – as a weapon.
Asma Mohammed, a nurse practitioner at Mohawk Correctional Facility, also testified.โข She examined Brooksโฃ on December 9th after learning he had been involved in an altercation. โคMohammed observed a slightly swollen nose with a minor cut and initially suspected a nasal fracture, though an x-ray revealed no significant damage.
The court recessed for lunch at 12:05 p.m., with testimony scheduled to resume at 1:15 p.m. The trial involves three former correction officers, including โขadams residentโ David Kingsley.
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