Legal Opinion

People v. Lewis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 21, 1999PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Finnegan, J.), rendered October 9, 1997, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.

The jury requested a readback of the “testimony of [the] undercover police officer in regard to the events leading to and following [the] drug transaction up to [the] arrests”. The read-back directed by the Supreme Court…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. People v. MalloyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. People v. StarlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. People v. LouridoNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  4. People v. AdgerNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. People v. ArcarolaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983

7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. MorrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  2. People v. GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. People v. ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  4. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. People v. ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013

4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API