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PEOPLE v. STANARD

42 N.Y.2d 74 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Stanard, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia P. Heit for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Billie Manning and Aley Alexander of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur with Judge GABRIELLI; Judge COOKE dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion.

GABRIELLI, J.

The defendant stands convicted of the crime of perjury in the first degree (Penal Law, § 210.15) following his retrial on an indictment which arose from testimony which he gave to a Grand Jury of Bronx County investigating police corruption in the Seventh Division. The conviction upon his first trial was reversed because prejudicial and excessive background testimony on police corruption generally...

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