People v. Pridgen

Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fred W. Eggert, J.), rendered on or about June 7, 1982, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously reversed on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

As the People commendably concede, the trial court’s submission to the jury over defendant’s objection of a typewritten summary of the elements of the crimes at issue constituted reversible error. (People v Owens, 69 NY2d 585; People v Brooks, 70 NY2d 896; People v Nimmons, 72 NY2d 830.)

Although we…