Judge scolds lawyers in NYC boy’s death case

NEW YORK — A judge has questioned the experience of two lawyers handling the case of a man accused of dismembering an 8-year-old New York City boy.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog told the lawyers at a hearing Tuesday that his concern was to ensure the defendant, Levi Aron, got a fair trial.

Aron is accused of killing Leiby Kletzky in July after the boy got lost walking home.

The judge scolded the lawyers for their use of Facebook and for not providing the correction officials an approved list of visitors for their client. He also suggested that they leaked portions of a court-ordered psychological exam to The Associated Press.

The lawyers vehemently denied it, but the judge called their argument “disingenuous.”

The court-ordered evaluation has found Aron fit to stand trial.