Legal Opinion

People v. Henderson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 24, 2008PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered January 27, 2006, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of 4½ to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion when it denied defendant’s mistrial motion made after the deliberating jury indicated it was deadlocked (see Matter of Plummer v Rothwax, 63 NY2d 243, 250 [1984]). Although deliberations had been spread out over several days, the total amount…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. People v. HayesNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
  3. Plummer v. RothwaxNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. People v. FordNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. DrummondAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. People v. AlvarezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  3. People v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  4. Brown v. GreeneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
  5. Brown v. GreeneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009

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