PEOPLE v. DOUGLAS


178 Misc.2d 918 (1998)

680 N.Y.S.2d 145

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. O. B. Douglas, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Bronx County.

August 25, 1998


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society (Dennis Murphy and Michael Raskin of counsel), for defendant. Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney of Bronx County (Lisa Deldin of counsel), for plaintiff.


DOMINIC R. MASSARO, J.

The issue presented on this application — the spectre of race-based jury nullification having arisen at trial — is whether the People are entitled to a jury instruction which affirmatively states that the propriety of search and seizure is beyond the jury's province to decide. The court is duty bound to uphold the law, and the law requires such appropriate instruction.<...

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