People v. Woods

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander Hunter, J.), rendered July 22, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 8 to 16 years, unanimously reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

*347The court’s failure to respond to two requests by the jury for further instruction deprived defendant of his right to a fair trial. CPL 310.30 provides that upon the jury’s request for further instruction, “the court must direct that the jury be returned to the courtroom…