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DEFENSE COUNSEL’S FAILURE TO OBJECT TO PROSECUTOR’S REFERENCES TO STRICKEN TESTIMONY CONSTITUTED INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE REQUIRING REVERSAL.

The Third Department determined defense counsel’s failure to object to the prosecutor’s references to stricken testimony in summation amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel requiring reversal. The defendant was accused of running over his girlfriend with a pickup truck:

Here, during direct examination by the People, the witness testified that he heard defendant yell, “I hope you f***ing die, bitch.” Finding that this testimony went to defendant’s state of mind, County Court overruled counsel’s objection and permitted the statement into evidence. The witness then testified that he assumed defendant was directing such comment toward [the victim]. Upon defendant’s further objection, County Court held that the witness could not speculate as to whom defendant had directed his comment, and the witness’s testimony in that regard was stricken from the record. Despite this evidentiary ruling, during summation, the People twice made improper references to the stricken testimony and twice those references went without objection from defense counsel or curative instructions from the court. Specifically, at one point during closing argument the prosecutor stated, “If this was some sort of an accident, then why would the defendant scream at [the victim], I hope you f***ing die, bitch? Is that consistent with an accident or is that consistent with an intent to injure? If you accidentally just ran over your significant other, is that what you would say to them?” … . People v Ramsey, 2015 NY Slip Op 08874, 3rd Dept 12-3-15

CRIMINAL LAW (INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE, FAILURE TO OBJECT TO REFERENCES TO STRICKEN TESTIMONY)/INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE (FAILURE TO OBJECT TO REFERENCES TO STRICKEN TESTIMONY)

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