A jury found the defendant guilty of robbery, burglary and assault. The Appellate Division reversed the conviction on the law and ordered a new trial. It held that the trial court abused its discretion in permitting the prosecutor to impeach the defendant's credibility by questioning him about a prior conviction involving sodomy of an eight-year-old girl. One Justice dissented and granted the People...
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