Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and facts and a new trial granted.
Memorandum:
On the trial of this indictment for assault, second degree, the inquiry of defense counsel directed to a prosecution witness as to how many officers he brought to arrest the defendant's son provided no reasonable basis for allowing the prosecution to offer evidence of defendant's resistance to lawful process and assault upon police officers on prior and unrelated occasions...
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