A convicted murderer serving a 22-years-to-life sentence was set free and his conviction tossed — all because officials had goofed and locked him up in the wrong jail.
Terrence Lewis was sprung on the technicality earlier this month while doing time for the fatal drive-by shooting of Johnny Washington, 29, in Rochester on May 26, 2015.
Monroe County Supreme Court Justice Stephen Miller was forced to let Lewis, 31, out of the maximum-security prison in Seneca County – despite the fact he was convicted and sentenced in 2018, the Democrat & Chronicle reported .
The decision stemmed from a mistake over where Lewis was held during his Empire State case.
“It’s a tough, tough pill to swallow that someone gets a walk on a murder conviction because of a transport error,” said Kyle Steinebach – a former prosecutor with the Monroe District Attorney’s Office who handled Lewis’ case.
