People v. Hockett

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Luis Ñeco, J.), Neco, March 22, 1984, which convicted defendant, after a jury trial, of the crime of robbery in the second degree (Penal Law § 160.10), and sentenced him, as a violent predicate felon, to an indeterminate prison term of from 5 Vi to ½ years, reversed, on the law and the facts, the judgment vacated, defendant’s motion for a mistrial granted and the matter remanded for a new trial.

This appeal brings up for review the issue of the denial of defendant’s motion for a mistrial, which motion was based upon the alleged improper exercise of…