People v. Ortiz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wallach, J.
This conviction for robbery and larceny must be reversed because in the course of the trial prejudicial evidence was received against defendant pertaining to a prior robbery attempt, which was then improperly utilized to demonstrate defendant’s propensity to commit the crime with which he was charged (People v Fiore, 34 NY2d 81; see, People v Molineux, 168 NY 264).
The People’s case established, to the evident satisfaction of the jury, that at about 8:45 a.m. on the morning of December 11, 1987, Michelle Saferstein entered the IRT subway station at 103rd Street…
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