People v. Rukaj
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Richard Lee Price, J.), rendered April 30, 1985, which convicted defendant, after jury trial, of burglary in the third degree and sentenced him to a prison term of 1VS to 4 years, reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.
Prior to sentence, defendant moved to set aside the jury verdict pursuant to CPL 330.30 on the grounds that during the course of the jury’s deliberations a court officer made unauthorized communications to a juror and also that the jury deliberations were tainted by racial bias. The application was supported by the…
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