State v. Mahoney

Defendant Anthony Mahoney, a practicing attorney at law in this State, was convicted by a jury of stealing client funds entrusted to him. The jury determined that defendant committed a series of crimes by delaying the disbursement of funds owed to his clients, and by forging endorsements on a settlement check and depositing it without authorization. On defendant’s appeal, the Appellate Division reversed, holding that “the trial court improperly excluded substantial portions of proffered testimony by defendant’s character witnesses[;]” that “[t]he trial court also improperly submitted to the…