A Fourth Department panel criticized a prosecutor's "pervasive misconduct" during closing arguments as it overturned a burglary conviction on other grounds. The decision is among several appellate rulings in recent months in which courts have admonished prosecutors from various counties to watch their step.
July 17, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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An upstate appellate panel criticized a prosecutor’s “pervasive misconduct” during closing arguments as it overturned a burglary conviction on other grounds.
“The prosecutor inappropriately and repeatedly vouched for the credibility of prosecution witnesses, suggested that the defendant was a liar, characterized the defendant’s testimony as ‘smoke and mirrors’, and otherwise improperly denigrated the defense,” the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, said in People v. Walker, 515/14.
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