People v. Ofunniyin
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 (Eiber, J.), rendered March 31, 1981, convicting him of criminal possession of marihuana in the first 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.
After securing a favorable- Sandoval ruling precluding the prosecution from inquiring into defendant’s prior conviction, defense counsel himself asked the defendant if he ever had been convicted of a crime. The defendant, apparently believing, on the basis of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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