Legal Opinion

People v. Fleury

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 4, 1991PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Pitaro, J.), rendered August 18, 1989, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the trial court, faced with an apparently deadlocked jury, failed to deliver a properly balanced Allen charge (see, Allen v United States, 164 US 492), in that it failed to expressly stress that no juror should abandon his or her conscientiously held opinions simply so that a verdict…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. People v. RileyNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. People v. HardyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  4. People v. ZocchiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  5. People v. EleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. KendrickAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  2. People v. KinardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. People v. BattleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  4. People v. McKenzieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  5. People v. MareroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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