People v. Johnson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. During jury deliberations, the trial court, over the defendant’s objections, complied with a jury request for a written copy of the court’s entire charge. The Appellate Division concluded this was error, reversed the judgment of conviction and ordered a new trial. The People appeal by leave of a Justice of the Appellate Division, who dissented from that Court’s reversal (People v Johnson, 181 AD2d 103, 107).

We…