PEOPLE v. ALSTON


77 A.D.2d 906 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Philip Alston, Appellant

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

August 11, 1980


Judgment reversed, on the law and as matter of discretion in the interest of justice, motion to suppress oral statements granted to the extent that the defendant's oral statements to the parole officer, Dennis Greenberg, are suppressed, and a new trial is ordered.

Reversal is required because the prosecutor's numerous prejudicial comments during the People's summation deprived appellant of a fair trial. At least 16 times during the course of a summation which spans...

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