New York Court of Appeals

The People of the State of New York v. Lee Nimmons

June 7, 198872 N.Y.2d 830

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division's order and remanded for a new trial, holding that a presiding justice's unauthorised submission of a second verdict sheet defining the statutory elements of each count, without the parties' consent, constitutes reversible error under CPL 310.30.