Legal Opinion
People v. Torres
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 5, 1979PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeals by defendants from two judgments (one as to each of them) of the Supreme Court, Kings County, both rendered September 10, 1976, convicting each of them of assault in the first and second degrees, and possession of weapons, etc., as a felony, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentences. Judgments reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. The defendants were deprived of a fair trial by an accumulation of numerous acts of prosecutorial misconduct and rulings of the court that seriously impaired presentation of the defense. For our purposes, we need focus on only two points, one of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. SorgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- People v. BallottNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- People v. LeiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
3Cited by12 opinions
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