Legal Opinion
People v. Sampson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 8, 1994PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edward Davidowitz, J.), rendered June 26, 1991, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3 Vs to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.
The trial court appropriately exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for a mistrial on the ground that alleged juror misconduct precluded "true deliberation”. After being alerted to a spirited dispute between juror No. 3 and the jury foreperson, the court promptly ascertained that the exchange represented no more than a manifestation of "the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- People v. ReddAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. CastilloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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