Legal Opinion

People v. Thomas

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

Decided March 26, 2014PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lewis, J.), rendered April 18, 2011, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (four counts) and conspiracy in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

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

In People v O’Rama (78 NY2d 270 [1991]), the Court of Appeals set forth the procedure for handling communications from the jury in accordance with CPL 310.30. The Court of Appeals held that “whenever a substantive written jury communication…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. People v. O'RamaNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. People v. PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People v. StarlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. People v. RamosNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. People v. KisoonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. GoughAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. People v. McDonaldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. People v. FieldsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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