People v. Patterson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Clyne, J.), rendered April 22, 1980 upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of rape in the first degree. On this appeal, defendant argues, inter alia, that a mistrial should have been granted due to a prejudicial statement of a prosecution witness, and that he was denied a fair trial because *692of prosecutorial misconduct in summation. We disagree. Defendant’s mistrial motion is grounded on the testimony of Detective Fischer that “me and my partner had reason to believe that Mr. Patterson was possibly involved in a few rapes…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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