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PROSECUTOR’S QUESTIONING DEFENDANT ABOUT AN ADMISSION ALLEGEDLY MADE TO HIS ATTORNEY REQUIRED REVERSAL IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE.

The Second Department reversed defendant’s conviction in the interest of justice because he was improperly cross-examined about an admission allegedly made to his attorney:

The defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because the Supreme Court allowed the prosecutor, on cross-examination, to question him, in violation of the attorney-client privilege, as to whether he made a certain admission to his attorney which contradicted his trial testimony. Although the defendant failed to preserve this claim for appellate review … , we nevertheless reach it in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction … . Allowing this questioning was error, as it concerned a statement the defendant allegedly made to his attorney … . The error was not harmless, as the proof of the defendant’s guilt was not overwhelming and the questioning was highly damaging to the defendant’s credibility, the jury’s assessment of which, compared to that of the complainant, was the central issue in the case … . Under the circumstances of this case, the court’s instructions to the jury in its preliminary instructions and final charge that questions in and of themselves were not evidence, and that the jurors were prohibited from inferring any facts from the mere asking of a question, cannot be deemed to have obviated any prejudice resulting from the error … . People v Loiseau, 2016 NY Slip Op 05172, 2nd Dept 6-29-16

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