People v. Collins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted following a bench trial of manslaughter, first degree, as a lesser included offense of second degree murder, and sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of 8 Vs to 25 years. On appeal, defendant argues that the indictment should be dismissed because the Grand Jury proceedings were rendered defective as a result of the District Attorney’s failure to respond to jurors’ questions and by alleged off-the-record conversations. We disagree.
The prosecutor’s responses to jurors’ questions were proper. The questions concerned matters not…
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