PEOPLE v. RISON


151 A.D.2d 879 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ovid Rison, Appellant

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

June 22, 1989


Mikoll, J.

Defendant was charged with assault in the second degree as a result of an altercation with a correction officer who was attempting to remove him from his prison cell. Defendant interposed the defense of legal insanity but was found guilty of the charged crime after a jury trial.

Defendant now contends that his conviction should be reversed because of prosecutorial misconduct, which is posited on an isolated question put to the defense...

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