People v. Curatolo

Appeal from.a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, convicting appellant of burglary in the third degree and grand larceny in the first degree. Judgment reversed upon the law and the facts and a new trial ordered. In our opinion the trial court failed to charge the jury adequately and correctly. The court’s failure generally to analyze the evidence so as to present to the jury fairly the conflicting claims of the People and the appellant, in all the phases in which the jury ought to consider the case, deprived the appellant of a fair trial and requires reversal in the interests of…