People v. Buxton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bracken, J. P.
A Trial Judge may properly authorize a court officer to speak to a deliberating jury when the subject of the communication is " ’administerial’ ” (People v Bonaparte, 78 NY2d 26, 31, quoting CPL 310.10). However, a Trial Judge who authorizes a court officer to communicate with a jury on matters which are not administerial not only errs, but commits an error so grave as to warrant reversal even though the defendant’s attorney might have consented to the occurrence of the error (see, People v Torres, 72 NY2d 1007; People v Ahmed, 66 NY2d 307). Our resolution of…
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