Andre Bing-Jackson was sentenced to 25 years in prison for prompting the fatal beating and mugging of 57-year-old Thomas King on Hobart Street in 2002.
TRENTON -- A Trenton man who led three teens in the random stomping death of a pedestrian for sport in 2002 has lost another appeal in his case.
Andre Bing-Jackson, now 37, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2006 for aggravated manslaughter and robbery for prompting the fatal beating and mugging of 57-year-old Thomas King on Hobart Street in the East Ward.
Andre Bing-Jackson Bing-Jackson was convicted at a 2005 trial in which the other three teens testified against him, saying Bing-Jackson challenged them to prove they were tough and "had guts."
The attackers were congregating on a porch and Bing-Jackson said they would attack the next person who walked by.
Moments later, King, a city resident of 34 years and self-employed mechanic in the Pennington area, walked by on his way to have a nightcap at a local bar.
Bing-Jackson lost an appeal in 2010 of his conviction and sentence.
On Tuesday, a state appeals court rejected Bing-Jackson's arguments concerning a 2013 decision to deny him an evidentiary hearing to address his contention that he failed to received adequate legal counsel during the 2005 trial.
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The appeals court, in a brief decision, said they backed Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert C. Billmeier's October 2013 decision. "We agree with Judge Billmeier's conclusion that defendant was fully apprised of his right to testify and his lawyer represented him in a competent fashion."
Two of the teens, who were minors when arrested and tried as adults, remain incarcerated: Paris Mann, who pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and robbery, and Samuel Perry, who pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter.
Donald Mann, Jr., who pleaded guilty to robbery, has been released from prison.
Bing-Jackson is eligible for parole in March 2024, prison records show.
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