Legal Opinion
People v. Lucia
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 18, 1965PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDye, J.
In this joint appeal by permission, the appellants contend that the affirmance in the court below of the trial court’s order denying their motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial amounted to reversible error. The motion was based on an affidavit by defendants’ trial counsel in which he referred to statements allegedly made to him by certain of the jurors shortly after the verdict had been rendered to the effect that *296they had viewed the premises where the crime was allegedly committed for the purpose of more easily understanding the evidence. There is no allegation that the jurors…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Payne v. BurkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932
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