PEOPLE v. ALICEA


46 A.D.2d 322 (1974)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward Alicea, Appellant

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

December 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armende Lesser for appellant.

Robert M. Stone of counsel (Mario Merola, District Attorney), for respondent.

TILZER and MACKEN, JJ., concur with STEUER, J. P.; CAPOZZOLI, J., dissents in an opinion.


STEUER, J. P.

The able and painstaking dissent requires some explanation of how the majority could reach the conclusion to affirm. It has long been recognized that no trial is entirely free from error and it is only such error as precludes a proper determination that mandates a new trial (see CPL 470.05, subd. 1). We neither condone nor excuse the conduct of the Assistant District Attorney who conducted the prosecution and share the feeling of outrage...

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