People v. Johnson

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Egitto, J.), rendered September 25, 1992, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

When the jury requests further instructions during its deliberations, the court must “give such requested information or instruction as [it] deems proper” (CPL 310.30). While the court possesses some discretion in framing its supplemental instructions, it must respond meaningfully to the jury’s…