People v. Pickett

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dennis Edwards, Jr., J.), rendered April 6, 1981, convicting defendant, on jury verdict, of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law, § 160.15) and other crimes, and sentencing him thereon, is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The evidence, while sufficient to sustain the jury verdict that the defendant was guilty of robbery rather than merely larceny by swindling, was by no means overwhelming. The jury having brought in a verdict of guilty, the jury was polled at defendant’s attorney’s request. With respect to one of the jurors, the…