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PEOPLE v. MATTHEWS

33 A.D.2d 679 (1969)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Henry Matthews, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 25, 1969

Judgment convicting defendant after jury trial of unlawful possession of a weapon as a felony (former Penal Law, § 1897, subd. 3) unanimously reversed and vacated, on the law and in the interests of justice and a new trial directed.

The reversal is required because the defendant did not receive "a fair trial, a trial neither colored nor influenced by irrelevant matters likely to mislead or confuse the jury." (People...

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