People v. Collins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ellerin, J.
We hold that the catalogue of prosecutorial improprieties committed during summation to the jury in this case deprived defendant of his right to a fair trial.
Defendant was convicted of selling cocaine to an undercover police officer. The uncontested evidence at trial showed that on the night of August 12, 2001, defendant led the undercover to a location on West 146th Street where a man wearing a ski mask handed over two tinfoil packets containing crack cocaine in exchange for $40. The People sought to prove that defendant was acting to sell drugs for his own…
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