Matter of Cobleskill Stone Prods., Inc. v. Town of Schoharie

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• reversing where mug shot was improperly admitted and only one eyewitness identified the defendant
• trial judge informed jury of reluctance to permit viewing of photograph because jury might inadvertently remove covering
• conviction reversed where jury could infer that accused had a criminal record from the \mug shot\ placed in evidence
• conviction reversed where jury could infer that accused had a criminal record from the “mug shot” placed in evidence
• “[W]e may assume, without deciding, that the prosecution was entitled to buttress its witness identification testimony on redirect [by using mug shot of defendant.]”
• where identification not contested, it was reversible error to admit a photo of defendant which unmistakably was a \mug shot\

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