People v. Kelly

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant’s conviction for robbery in the first degree was properly reversed. It was error for the trial court to give the jury a verdict sheet, over defendant’s objection, that, in addition to listing the charged crimes, also listed some of the robbery counts’ statutory elements (People v Taylor, 76 NY2d 873; People v Nimmons, 72 NY2d 830). "Since such an error creates a risk that the jury’s deliberative process will be unfairly skewed it puts in serious question the reliability of the ultimate guilt…