OAKLAND — Almost exactly a year after he was charged with murder, a 62-year-old man walked out of jail when prosecutors threw out the case against him for reasons that weren’t explicitly stated at the court hearing.

Gregory Szugyi, who also goes by Gregory Dubelle, had been charged with murdering 36-year-old Antonio Poole in an April 2024 shooting on Kennedy Street in Oakland. Police said at the time that Poole was shot with a rifle, and an officer found him lying dead in the street, wearing a ski mask. A witness later told police that when he asked another onlooker to call 911, the person profanely declined, claiming Poole had just tried to rob him.

Szugyi was identified by witnesses and arrested the day after the shooting, authorities said. But last May, prosecutors moved to dismiss th

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