Legal Opinion
People v. Dashnau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 18, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted. Memorandum: Defendant contends that the trial court should have set aside the jury’s verdict because one of the jurors looked for defense counsel’s name in the telephone book and concluded that, because counsel was a private attorney, counsel was being paid by defendant and defendant, therefore, must have sold drugs to be able to afford a private attorney. The juror imparted that conclusion to the other jurors. We agree that the court should have set aside the verdict.
Defendant was convicted of two counts each of criminal sale…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- People v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. De LuciaNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- People v. LegisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. CorderoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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