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PEOPLE v. CALABRIA

94 N.Y.2d 519 (2000)

727 N.E.2d 1245

706 N.Y.S.2d 691

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL CALABRIA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Farrell, Brooklyn, for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Camille O'Hara Gillespie and Roseann B. MacKechnie of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, J.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether the prosecutor's conduct throughout the trial effectively denied defendant the right to a fair trial. We conclude that it did, reverse the order of the Appellate Division and order a new trial.

Complainant, Diane Chappelle, is the wife of the pastor of the International Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York, and a teacher...

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