People v. Bloeth

Chief Judge Desmond.

The judgment is affirmed under section 542 of the Code of Criminal Procedure which directs us to give judgment without regard to technical errors which do not *213affect the defendant’s substantial rights. The proof of guilt here was overwhelming. At one point in his lengthy charge to the jury the Judge gave an explanation of section 1120 of the Penal Law which used the words “ and/or ” instead of “ or ” but this was not detrimental to defendant, especially since the New York law as to the defense of insanity was accurately stated in other parts of the charge.

At another place…