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PEOPLE v. SMITH

251 A.D.2d 226 (1998)

674 N.Y.S.2d 682

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jamil Smith, Appellant

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

June 25, 1998

Defendant was convicted of shooting a rival drug dealer in the head in a dispute over drug-selling territory. On appeal, he argues that the trial court's questioning of witnesses deprived him of a fair trial in two instances. He contends that the court helped clarify a prosecution witness's testimony by relying on its own personal knowledge of the area of the crime. He also alleges that the court disparaged his alibi defense by...

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