People v. Adams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.), rendered November 2, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 25 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court’s Allen charge was not coercive. The absence of coercion is established by the language of the charge, which, read as a whole, was clearly neutral and balanced (compare, People v Perez, 164 AD2d 839, affd 77 NY2d 928, with People v Demery, 60 AD2d 606) and by the fact that the jury took nearly five hours to reach a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. HeideNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
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- People v. CobosNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. PressleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. PerezNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
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3Cited by6 opinions
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