People v. Morrison

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Dolan, J.), rendered June 4, 2010, convicting him of assault in the first degree, criminal mischief in the fourth degree, and stalking in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

“[N]ot every misstep by a juror rises to the inherently prejudicial level at which reversal is required automatically” (People v Brown, 48 NY2d 388, 394 [1979]; see People v Clark, 81 NY2d 913, 914 [1993]; People v Giarletta, 72 AD3d 838, 839 [2010]; People v Dombroff, 44 AD3d 785,…