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People v. Di Carlo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 9, 1934
242 App. Div. 328 (N.Y. App. Div. 1934)

Opinion

November 9, 1934.

Appeal from Court of General Sessions of the County of New York.

Max Fruchtman of counsel [ J. Richard Davis, attorney], for the appellant.

Irving Jay Tell, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, of counsel [ William Copeland Dodge, District Attorney], for the respondent.

Present — MARTIN, MERRELL, TOWNLEY, GLENNON and UNTERMYER, JJ.


The issue as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant of the crime charged was a very narrow one. Upon that issue the defendant was entitled to a fair trial uninfluenced by any extraneous circumstances. We think the defendant was denied that right. Repeatedly during the progress of the trial there occurred acrimonious arguments between the judge presiding and the counsel for the defendant. The strictures repeatedly placed upon counsel for the defendant during the progress of the trial, while, undoubtedly, induced, to a large degree, by the disrespectful conduct of counsel, in our opinion could not but have influenced the jury against the defendant and led to the rendition of the verdict finding the defendant guilty of the charge against him.

We are, therefore, of the opinion that, in the interest of justice, the judgment of conviction should be reversed and a new trial granted to the defendant.


Judgment reversed and a new trial ordered.


Summaries of

People v. Di Carlo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 9, 1934
242 App. Div. 328 (N.Y. App. Div. 1934)
Case details for

People v. Di Carlo

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES DI CARLO…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Nov 9, 1934

Citations

242 App. Div. 328 (N.Y. App. Div. 1934)
275 N.Y.S. 40

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