People v. Galdamez

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Harrington, J.), rendered June 13, 1994, convicting him of rape in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, and unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, upon a jury vérdict, and imposing sentence. Justice Thompson has been substituted for the late Justice Hart (see, 22 NYCRR 670.1 [c]).

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial ordered.

The defendant contends that the trial court improperly permitted the clerk, outside of its presence, to clarify its unlawful imprisonment charge…