No. 142. Argued September 17, 2009. Decided October 22, 2009. APPEAL, by permission of a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, from an order of that Court, entered August 21, 2008. The Appellate Division affirmed a judgment of the Schenectady County Court (Polly A. Hoye, J.), which had convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of grand larceny in the first degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree. People v Arafet, 54
Argued February 16, 2000 Decided April 6, 2000. Gary A. Farrell, for appellant. Charles J. Hynes, for respondent. SMITH, J. The dispositive issue in this case is whether the prosecutor's conduct throughout the trial effectively denied defendant the right to a fair trial. We conclude that it did, reverse the order of the Appellate Division and order a new trial. Complainant, Diane Chappelle, is the wife of the pastor of the International Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York and a teacher at the International