Pornographer Al Goldstein, whose profane and volatile remarks to a former secretary earned him a harassment conviction and a jail sentence, was granted a new trial yesterday because of a prosecutor’s inflammatory language.
A unanimous panel of the Appellate Term, Second Department, said that a “line was crossed” by Assistant Brooklyn District Attorney David B. Cetron when he improperly accused Mr. Goldstein of lying, denigrated Mr. Goldstein’s attorney, and incited the emotions of jurors.
Law.com New York has the whole tale here.
Pornographer Al Goldstein, whose profane and volatile remarks to a former secretary earned him a harassment conviction and a jail sentence, was granted a new trial yesterday because of a prosecutor’s inflammatory language.
A unanimous panel of the Appellate Term, Second Department, said that a “line was crossed” by Assistant Brooklyn District Attorney David B. Cetron when he improperly accused Mr. Goldstein of lying, denigrated Mr. Goldstein’s attorney, and incited the emotions of jurors.
Law.com New York has the whole tale here.
Pornographer Al Goldstein, whose profane and volatile remarks to a former secretary earned him a harassment conviction and a jail sentence, was granted a new trial yesterday because of a prosecutor’s inflammatory language.
A unanimous panel of the Appellate Term, Second Department, said that a “line was crossed” by Assistant Brooklyn District Attorney David B. Cetron when he improperly accused Mr. Goldstein of lying, denigrated Mr. Goldstein’s attorney, and incited the emotions of jurors.
Law.com New York has the whole tale here.
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