Judgment reversed, on the law and in the interests of justice, and new trial ordered.
Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree for the fatal stabbing of Fred Clifford in the early morning hours of October 26, 1969. Upon cross-examination of a key prosecution witness, one Sorrentino, defense counsel attempted to elicit evidence that Sorrentino had been arrested on a grand larceny charge just a few days after the homicide and that Sorrentino's case...
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