Despite overturned murder conviction, ex-Lynn man remains held with no bail

SALEM – A former Lynn man, whose conviction for the first-degree murder of his girlfriend was overturned last year, remains held without bail but is expected to be retried this fall.Jerome McNulty, 32, was convicted six years ago of the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend, Linda Correia, 28. She was found stabbed multiple times in her apartment at 10 Peabody St. in Salem on March 29, 2001. McNulty was given a mandatory life sentence in state prison without parole.But the Supreme Judicial Court recently tossed out that conviction and ordered a new trial. But the court upheld guilty findings for two separate charges in the case, one for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on the woman’s daughter and baby-sitter and the other for the two stabbings.Judge Howard J. Whitehead re-sentenced McNulty Monday in Salem Superior Court on the lesser charges, saying it was the “appropriate thing to do.Assistant District Attorney Jean M. Curran, stating she had “concerns” about the issue, asked Whitehead to wait until the retrial.But Whitehead ruled in favor of defense lawyer Frances L. Robinson and sentenced McNulty to four to six years on each of the two indictments, to run consecutively, and gave him 3,693 days credit for time served. McNulty has already completed one of the sentences.McNulty was ordered held without bail on the murder charge. He currently is being housed at MCI Norfolk State Prison.His next scheduled court date is June 27 for trial assignment.Curran and Robinson said they expect to try the murder case in the fall.