People v. Simpkins

—Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered December 13, 1989, which convicted defendant, after jury trial, of bail jumping in the second degree, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded to Supreme Court for a new trial.

The minutes of defendant’s arraignment hearing indicate that the case was adjourned to July 8, 1989. However, records maintained by both the court clerk and defense counsel reflect that the matter was adjourned to July 17, 1989.

At trial, Supreme Court instructed the jury that the People must demonstrate that defendant was…