Legal Opinion

People v. Yarde

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

Decided July 8, 1991Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Moskowitz, J.), rendered August 2, 1989, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.

We find, and the People concede, that the trial court committed reversible error by submitting to the jury, over defense counsel’s objection, a verdict sheet which contained certain elements of the crimes charged (see, People v Nimmons, 72 NY2d 830; People v…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. NimmonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  2. People v. SotomayerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  3. People v. BollanderAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  4. People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

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