People v. Clark
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice and new trial granted. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in *989the fourth degree. Defendant’s principal argument on appeal is that he was denied a fair trial because of pervasive prosecutorial misconduct, because the court failed to take corrective action or give curative instructions, and because highly prejudicial evidence was improperly admitted. We agree.
On October 2, 1990, defendant and his cousin,…
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