Legal Opinion
People v. Simpkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 21, 2005PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, (Carter, J.), rendered April 9, 2003, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (four counts), robbery in the second degree (four counts), and attempted robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
After both sides rested, a juror informed the court that one of her fellow jurors had been falling asleep repeatedly throughout the trial, and had only been kept awake by the nudging, tapping, and prodding of his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. RussellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- People v. ValerioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- People v. AdamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- People v. SouthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- People v. RogersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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