Legal Opinion
People v. Saunders
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 11, 1984PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*667OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the matter remitted to it for a review of the facts (CPL 470.25, subd 2, par [d]; 470.40, subd 2, par [b]) and for consideration of questions, if any, not reached on appeal to that court.
The Appellate Division reversed these judgments against defendants on the law holding that the court’s instructions to the jury denied them a fair trial. The majority concluded that the trial court had unfairly marshaled the evidence and that its instructions had inferentially shifted the burden of proof from the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- People v. WilliamsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People v. LittleNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. LittleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
3Cited by108 opinions
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- People v. ChapmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- People v. GilchristAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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