People v. LaDolce
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Green, J.
Defendant was convicted, following a jury trial, of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]). Because of several errors committed by the prosecutor and the trial court, we reverse the conviction and grant a new trial.
Chester Stawiasz was killed on November 7, 1989. His body was found five months later, buried in a concrete slab in the basement of the house shared by defendant, her boyfriend Paul Garland and Garland’s son, Michael. At the time of his death, Stawiasz had been living with defendant and the Garlands at that house on Geneva Street in North…
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