People v. Hedge

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Slavin, J.), rendered November 19, 1986, convicting him, in absentia, of criminal possession of a controlled substance 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. The facts have been considered and are determined to have been established.

The Trial Justice committed reversible error by submitting to the jury, over defense counsel’s objection, a verdict sheet *468containing not only the crimes charged and the possible verdicts…