People v. Mason

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County, rendered October 29, 1975, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of burglary in the third degree. Defendant initially urges that his conviction should be reversed because it is based, at least in part, on perjured testimony. Clearly there are contradictions between Officer Pariseau’s testimony at the trial and his statements taken from police broadcast tapes made and recorded while the officer was pursuing the fleeing burglar. However, these inconsistencies do not establish that Pariseau perjured himself as a matter law;…