Legal Opinion
People v. Ashwal
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 1, 1976PublishedCited by 1,086 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
The principal question on this appeal is whether the defendant was deprived of his right to a fair trial because of a comment made by the prosecutor during summation. In our view the statement was prejudicial and the defendant is entitled to a new trial.
For several years the defendant and Stan Fulfaro were, according to the defendant, "very good friends.” Fulfaro was also a former drug addict who for some time had been working as a confidential paid informer for the New York City Police Department and the Federal Government. In early 1973 Fulfaro introduced his "brother Nick” to the…
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