Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
At trial, one of the witnesses produced by the People was a woman who had previously lived with the defendant. During her cross-examination, the defense introduced into evidence a five-page letter written to the defendant in Spanish. The witness admitted that she was the author of the letter and read one sentence from it which was then translated in open court into English. Thereafter the...
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