People v. Badia

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J., at first jury trial; Edwin Torres, J., at second jury trial and sentencing), rendered November 2, 2006, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in *623the first and third degrees, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 25 years to life, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

The court unduly restricted defendant’s cross-examination of a People’s witness concerning the police investigation into a participant in the crime. Initially, we note that the court erred…