PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 109

25 N.Y.3d 769 (2015)

37 N.E.3d 1127

16 N.Y.S.3d 485

2015 NY Slip Op 05621

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HOWARD S. WRIGHT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided July 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Kaplan , Penfield, for appellant.

Sandra Doorley , District Attorney, Rochester ( Geoffrey Kaeuper of counsel), for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

We are presented in this appeal with a confluence of prosecutorial misconduct committed during closing argument, and a series of critical lapses by defense counsel when faced with the prosecutor's obvious transgressions from the leeway generally afforded attorneys...

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