People v. Gadson

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kron, J.), rendered December 9, 2010, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for a new trial.

A new trial is required due to the trial court’s failure to meaningfully comply with CPL 310.30. During deliberations, the jury sent four notes to the trial court. The record reflects that, on the fourth occasion, the court did…