PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS


118 A.D.2d 612 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rudy Williams, Appellant

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

March 3, 1986


Judgment affirmed.

On this appeal, the defendant contends that the trial court erred when it refused to grant his motion for a mistrial after the prosecutor removed from the back of his chair the coat the defendant wore into the courtroom, and asked that it be marked for identification. He argues that this unwarranted action led the jury to believe that this was the same coat worn by the perpetrator on the day of the robbery.

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