[DOWNLOAD] "People State New York v. Alfred Berg And Camillo Lovacco" by Court of Appeals of New York # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State New York v. Alfred Berg And Camillo Lovacco
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 09, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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Defendants were convicted, following a jury trial, of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. Their convictions were reversed and a new trial was ordered, the Appellate Division having concluded that the trial court erred in permitting the People to put a witness before the jury who had already indicated that he would refuse to testify. We now reverse and hold that, although the better practice would have been to avoid exposing the witnesss reticence to the jury, nevertheless under the circumstances of this case the trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the witness to be called.