A 34-year-old man has been convicted of manslaughter for killing a woman who jumped on the hood of his car as he tried to flee from police in Irvington.
A jury convicted Lando Marc, of Newark, on charges stemming from the 2021 death of Jenny Philistin, of Elizabeth, in Irvington. Marc was found guilty of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and related offenses.
Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said the case was tried by Assistant Prosecutors Adam Wells and Ibn Alston before Judge Verna G. Leath…