State of New York v. Marquis Shiloh

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree manslaughter.



Marquis Shiloh, 35, of Bedford-Stuyvesan, was charged with first-degree manslaughter.



On July 12, 2023, at approximately 8:40 p.m., the defendant waited in the lobby of 760 Park Avenue, part of the Tompkins houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant, as Stephon Sinclair, 26, rode the elevator down. When the doors opened and Sinclair stepped out, the defendant punched him. A physical altercation ensued but, as the victim tried to retreat from the building, the defendant, assisted by a co-defendant, pursued him outside, took out a knife and stabbed him once in the left leg and once in the lower right leg, severing an artery and vein. The victim collapsed nearby and was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.



The defendant fled the scene with the help of a co-defendant and was arrested on August 2, 2023, following an investigation by the NYPD's 79th Precinct and the Brooklyn North Homicide Squad.



The co-defendant pleaded guilty in July 2025 to third-degree assault for assisting the defendant during the attack, including striking the victim as he lay on the ground. In August, Justice Leo sentenced her to a conditional discharge.



The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Aleena Peerzada and Assistant District Attorney Kaitlin Kinsella, of the District Attorney's Blue Zone Trial Bureau, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Kin Ng, Chief of the Blue Zone.

The Defendant was found guilty by a jury and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.