Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anton Liverpool, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-12-05
Citations: 35 A.D.3d 506
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anton Liverpool, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 506–507

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anton Liverpool, Appellant.
[825 NYS2d 708]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Sullivan, J.), rendered April 3, 2003, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
During summation the prosecutor improperly vouched for the prosecution's main witness (see People v Collins, 12 AD3d 33 [2004]), argued that the defendant had a general propensity to commit crime (see People v Sanders, 303 AD2d 694 [2003]), suggested that the grand jury indictment constituted evidence of the defendant's guilt (see People v Jamal, 307 AD2d 267 [2003]; People v LaDolce, 196 AD2d 49 [1994]), and made additional unduly prejudicial and inflammatory remarks (see People v Robinson, 260 AD2d 508 [1999]). The cumulative effect of these errors was to deprive the defendant of a fair trial in this single-eyewitness case. Accordingly, a new trial is required.
In light of our determination, we need not consider the defendant's remaining contentions. Adams, J.E, Ritter, Mastro and Lifson, JJ., concur.