Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
No issue has been presented with respect to the facts upon which the judgment is based. In our opinion, the trial court erred in permitting the prosecutor to impeach his own witness (a police officer), in purported compliance with CPL 60.35 (subd 1), by the introduction into evidence of a copy of a complaint report prepared by the witness shortly after the defendant's arrest. Assuming, arguendo, that the...
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