People v. Williams

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered on resentence April 6, 1971, nunc pro tunc as of March 29, 1971, convicting him of criminally selling a dangerous drug in the third degree (a felony) and other crimes, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial granted. In our opinion, the following errors deprived defendant of a fair trial: (1) statements in the prosecutor’s summation accusing defendant of the commission of similar crimes (People v. McKinney, 24 N Y 2d 180) and raising the issue of police perjury if…