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PEOPLE v. LOPEZ

190 A.D.2d 866 (1993)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Cesar Lopez, Appellant

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

February 22, 1993

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.

The court improperly and inexplicably refused to instruct the jury that the testimony of a police officer, in and of itself, is entitled to no greater weight than that of an ordinary citizen. This is a basic and well established precept that is routinely included in Trial Judges' instructions to juries (1 CJI[NY] 7.08; People v McCain...

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