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PEOPLE v. HICKMAN

34 A.D.2d 831 (1970)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Troy Hickman, Appellant

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

May 25, 1970

Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.

The findings of fact below are affirmed. We believe the prosecutor's summation to the jury went far beyond the bounds of fair play and violated defendant's right to a fair trial (People v. Lombardi, 20 N.Y.2d 266). His references to defendant as a "junkie", "rat" and a "sculptor" with a knife, among others, as well as his suppositions as to defendant's state of mind on...

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