Legal Opinion

People v. Smith

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 26, 2001PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rosenzweig, J.), rendered March 15, 2000, convicting him of robbery in the third degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.

The defense counsel objected to many of the prosecutor’s improper summation comments and moved for a mistrial on that ground after the conclusion of the summation. To the extent that the defendant’s objections to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. BaileyNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. People v. CalabriaNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. People v. WaltersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  4. People v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. People v. TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. People v. SheltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  2. People v. JenkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. People v. GriffinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. People v. Maio NiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  5. People v. WellsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016

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