People v. Allen

*1083The trier of fact may apply logic, common sense and everyday experience to interpret the admitted evidence, but may not engage in conduct that tends to put the factfinder in possession of evidence that was not introduced (see People v Brown, 48 NY2d 388, 393 [1979]). Supreme Court’s experiment here went beyond merely applying everyday experience (see id. at 394) or observing the properties of the physical evidence itself (see People v Gerard, 10 AD3d 579, 579-580 [2004], lv denied 4 NY3d 744 [2004] [affirming where jury was permitted to look down courthouse hallway through binoculars in…