People v. Rivera

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered January 18, 1979, convicting each of the defendants of murder in the second degree and imposing sentence, unanimously reversed, *545on the law and the facts, and the matter remanded for a new trial. Each of the defendants was convicted, after trial,of a brutal and singularly senseless murder. The evidence establishing guilt was conclusive. Indeed, it may fairly be said that no impartial jury could have reached a verdict other than that here reached. Nevertheless, and because of the misconduct of the prosecutor, we are constrained to…