Robinson
MONTICELLO – Monticello resident Yahya Robinson, 30, was sentenced in Sullivan County Court on Friday to 25 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision for killing 33-year-old Shereem Burch, also of Monticello, on August 7, 2014.
Robinson pled guilty to one count of manslaughter and admitted to fatally stabbing Burch after a dispute at the West Broadway Villas in Monticello, where Burch lived. The murder weapon, a knife, was recovered in an apartment where Robinson was hiding after the stabbing.
District Attorney James Farrell said the case was cracked by good, old fashioned police work. Monticello Police, State Police and the DA’s Office investigated the case.
“A young man’s life was taken, senselessly, and for that Robinson has been held accountable with a sentence of 25 years in prison,” Farrell said.
