Trial resumes in 2020 Albany murder

By WNYT

An Albany murder trial resumes this week.

Darius Cokely is accused of stabbing another man to death in 2020.

Prosecutors say Cokely stabbed Maurice Skeen during a fight on Madison Avenue, near New Scotland Avenue.

The grandmother of the victim was the first to testify this past Wednesday.

Cokely was charged with second degree murder. He pleaded not guilty.

This photo from 2020 shows investigators at the scene of the homicide. (File / WNYT)