On early Monday, March 28, the resident of New Windsor, Andrew Goodenough, 41, was sentenced for the unprovoked attack in ShopRite six years ago. The man from Orange County pleaded guilty for causing the death of Michael Kohus, 35, on June 11, 2016. The victim was a resident of Highland Falls, located less than 14 miles southeast of Newburgh. According to witnesses, there were no motives for the attack.
In February 2022, the defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Orange County court. A month later, the case was finally closed after six years of forensic psychiatric assessment, competency proceedings, and legal tricks by Goodenough's lawyers. Due to mental-health diagnoses from the past, the defense initially planned to plead insanity. It all ends with a sentence of 20 years to life in prison.
The Case Gets in Court
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