Legal Opinion
People v. Debroux
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 24, 1987PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Goldman, J.), rendered November 27, 1985, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
In view of the fact that the defendant did not testify in his own behalf, the trial court committed reversible error when it inadvertently failed to instruct the jury, as requested by the defendant’s counsel, to draw no inference from the failure of the defendant to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. JimenezNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. BrittNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. JimenezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
3Cited by7 opinions
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- People v. LittleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. ColbanNew York Supreme Court · 1991
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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