People v. Monaco

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (William I. Mogulescu, J.), rendered September 21, 2005, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of peijury in the first degree, and sentencing him to a conditional discharge, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the indictment dismissed.

Defendant brought a small claims action in Bronx Civil Court to recover, inter alia, $1,130 for damage to an apartment that he had rented to John D’Agostino and his wife. Defendant, as claimant, proceeded pro se, while Mr. D’Agostino was repre*242sented by a former Bronx County assistant district attorney. Defendant…