People v. Lombardo

*101OPINION OF THE COURT

Jones, J.

Use of the terms “scheme or business of making or collecting usurious loans” in section 190.42 of the Penal Law does not render the statute unconstitutional under the principle of void-for-vagueness, and the evidence in this record was sufficient to sustain defendant’s conviction under the statute. Receipt of a note from one juror that she could not “render a fair and just verdict in accordance with the Court’s instruction”, without more, did not mandate declaration of a mistrial. Finally, although it was error for the trial court not to have satisfied itself by…