P. v. Chapman
For at least two millennia, it has been a standing reproach to mankind that the poor are always with us. The most distressing urban manifestation of the intractability of this problem is homelessness. Here, a defendant convicted of second degree robbery contends that the inherently prejudicial topic of his status as a homeless person so permeated his trial as to command reversal, because it was (1) misconduct for the prosecutor to mention the topic, and (2) incompetence for his trial counsel not to prevent the topic from becoming known to the jury. Court reject these contentions, and affirm.
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