ALBANY – The removal of the Albany County district attorney from an illegal steroid trafficking case over the fact that defendants filed a civil suit against the prosecutor was found improper yesterday by the Court of Appeals.
The court said that the “mere” potential that the prosecutor could be prejudiced by the suit was not enough to justify his disqualification from a case he was otherwise empowered to try by the state Constitution and statute.
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