PEOPLE v. JOHNSTON


182 A.D.2d 707 (1992)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Janet Johnston, Appellant

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

April 13, 1992


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court deprived her of a fair trial by coercing her codefendant, Jerome Smalls, to testify against her under the threat that he would be resentenced to a longer term of imprisonment. She argues that the court, by this action, violated its duty of impartiality. We disagree. The defendant has no standing to complain of the trial court's interactions with her codefendant except so far as her...

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