People v. Manning

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Harris, J.), rendered February 8,1982, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of assault in the third degree and attempted coercion in the first degree. The critical question on appeal is whether the admission into evidence of defendant’s abominable postarrest conduct constituted reversible error. Because there is a significant probability that this improperly admitted evidence affected the jury’s verdict, we reverse and remit for a new trial (People v Dabney, 52 NY2d 974; People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230, 242).…