People v. Boddie

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Murray Mogel, J.), rendered January 21, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted grand larceny in the third degree and sentencing him to a definite term of one year in jail, reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

While the arresting officer was properly permitted to testify to the details of pickpocketing strategies (People v Right, 180 AD2d 430, 431, lv denied 79 NY2d 952; People v Mason, 162 AD2d 144, lv denied 76 NY2d 860), it was error for him to be permitted to testify that in about 98% of the 150…