Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Frank D'Agostino, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1958-02-10
Citations: 5 A.D.2d 841
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Frank D’Agostino, Appellant.
Judges: Nolan, P. J., Beldock, Murphy, Ughetta and Hallinan, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 841–841

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Frank D’Agostino, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal (1) from a judgment of the County Court, Queens County, convicting appellant after trial of robbery in the first degree, grand larceny in the first degree, and assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to serve from 10 to 20 years, and (2) from said sentence. Judgment reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial ordered. The prosecutor improperly used extrinsic evidence to discredit the denial, by appellant's codefendant, that he had participated in other crimes, in which crimes the jury might have been led to believe appellant was implicated, and referred in his summation to matter which the jury could not properly consider in its deliberations. In our opinion this deprived appellant of a fair trial (People v. Ochs, 3 N Y 2d 54; People v. McCormick, 303 N. Y. 403; People v. Malkin, 250 N. Y. 185; People v. Lombard, 4 A D 2d 666). No separate appeal lies from the sentence, which has been reviewed on the appeal from the judgment of conviction.
Nolan, P. J., Beldock, Murphy, Ughetta and Hallinan, JJ., concur.