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People v. Pilgrim

69 A.D.2d 825 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1979-04-02 English

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p. 825
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Pilgrim, Appellant.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered November 30, 1977, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment affirmed. Although the trial court erred in ruling that the facts underlying a pending indictment could be used against the defendant for purposes of attacking his credibility, under the circumstances presented here, we find the error to have been harmless (see

p. 826
People v Mohammed, 63 AD2d 655 ; People v Crimmins, 36 NY2d 230 ). Lazer, J. P., Rabin, Gulotta and Cohalan, JJ., concur.

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