Legal Opinion

People v. Augustine

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 12, 2004Published

1Opinion of the Court

*544Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered December 11, 2001, convicting him of assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree (two counts), resisting arrest, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant correctly contends that the prosecutor’s questions regarding whether he “ma[de] an outcry” or filed a police report after his arrest were improper and violated his right to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. PavaoNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. HenryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  3. People v. LivingstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  4. People v. HainesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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