Legal Opinion
People v. Fernandez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 8, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Goldstein, J.), rendered March 1, 1994, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in ordering that the jury be sequestered, notwithstanding the defendant’s waiver of sequestration (see, CPL 310.10). ”[T]he requirement that a deliberating jury be sequestered is entirely statutory and reflects no established…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. SandovalNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. BennetteNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. WebbNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- People v. EllisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- People v. FoncetteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. ButlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997