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PEOPLE v. WALKER

59 A.D.2d 666 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Reginald Walker, Appellant

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

October 6, 1977

Unanimously reversed, on the law, and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the case remanded for a new trial.

It is well settled that a defendant may be interrogated upon cross-examination in regard to any vicious or criminal act of his life that has a bearing on his credibility as a witness (People v Sorge, 301 N.Y. 198, 200). However, when evidence of other crimes has no purpose other than to show that...

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