People v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Aiello, J.), rendered January 6, 1988, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), arson in the first degree, and assault 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. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
The defendant maintains that he was deprived of a fair trial by reason of the trial court’s conduct during the jury deliberations. We agree.
Following the trial court’s jury charge and after…
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