PEOPLE v. VAILS


43 N.Y.2d 364 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Preston Vails, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Ira Schulman for appellant.

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Douglas Eric Grover of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


GABRIELLI, J.

Through the efforts of an undercover police officer, aided by a surveillance team, the defendant was indicted, tried and convicted upon a jury verdict, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first and second degrees. On two separate occasions during the course of the trial reference was made to evidence of prior crimes committed by the defendant and he asserts that such references constituted...

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