Legal Opinion
People v. Cole
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 11, 1994PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ivan Warner, J.), rendered August 9, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and resisting arrest, and sentencing him to concurrent terms *274of 2 to 6 years, 1 year, and 1 year, respectively, is unanimously reversed, on the law, the 8th count of the indictment is dismissed, and the matter is remanded for a new trial.
The cumulative effect of numerous errors by the court was to deny appellant a fair trial (see, People v…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. ZagarinoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. PegeiseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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