People v. Velasquez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lakritz, J.), rendered April 15, 1988, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
After both the defense counsel and the prosecutor gave their summations, the Trial Judge was informed by a court officer that an alternate juror had reported to him that she was approached by…
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