People v. Durr

—Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted of one count of sodomy in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.50 [3]). On appeal, defendant argues that the court erred in admitting into evidence a misleading redacted statement: "I know that I am a sick man and I want to kill the human race. I know that I have a problem and that what I did was wrong, and I want to get help.” The statement was redacted from defendant’s confession to an uncharged act of sodomy.

The court erred in allowing into evidence the redacted version of the statement,…