People v. Clark
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 13, 1976, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. During cross-examination of an alibi witness, who was defendant’s common-law wife, the prosecutor, over objection, persisted in inquiring whether she ever went to the police or the District Attorney with "this story”. Such a line of inquiry may be proper…
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