Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
As a result of Criminal Term's erroneous ruling during the cross-examination of defendant's character witnesses, the jury was informed that defendant had been discharged from his position with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance on the basis of the precise claims at issue in the trial. Despite Criminal Term's subsequent cautionary instructions, the effect of that ruling was to deny defendant his...
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