PEOPLE v. ABSTON


229 A.D.2d 970 (1996)

645 N.Y.S.2d 690

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Andrew Abston, Appellant. (Appeal No. 2.)

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

July 12, 1996


Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

Defendant contends that his retrial was barred by double jeopardy because the prosecutor deliberately provoked defendant to seek a mistrial. We disagree. Although the prosecutor acted improperly in questioning a prosecution witness who changed his previous testimony that defendant was the shooter, there is no basis in the record to justify an inference that the prosecutor's misconduct was motivated by bad faith and...

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