People v. Mims
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: There is no merit to defen*823dant’s contention that County Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial. A police officer unexpectedly testified during cross-examination that the police were investigating defendant because he was “notorious” for “selling crack cocaine.” Defense counsel objected to the officer’s unresponsive answer. Any prejudice to defendant that might have arisen from that answer was alleviated when the court sustained defendant’s objection and took prompt curative action by instructing the…
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