Legal Opinion
People v. Townsend
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 13, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (D. Levy, J.), rendered February 18,1983, *637convicting defendant, after trial by jury, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of imprisonment of 20 years to life, is reversed, on the law and facts, and the matter remanded for a new trial.
Judicial innovation in the interests of simplifying the task of the jury and helping it in its deliberations is to be applauded. In this case, however, the trial court’s premature and unbalanced written charge on the law, in the preliminary instructions, covering both substantive law as well as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. CrimminsNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Herring v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- People v. RyanNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
- People v. NewmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People v. GordonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. ComptonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. RhyneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- People v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. TownsendAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985