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PEOPLE v. MERCADO

120 A.D.2d 619 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Freddie Mercado, Appellant

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

May 12, 1986

Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.

Several errors committed by the trial court served to deny the defendant his right to a fair trial, and, accordingly, a new trial is required.

At the trial, two photographs depicting the defendant posing with two handguns were admitted into evidence. Even the prosecution acknowledges on appeal that the purpose for which they were received was to show that the...

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