PEOPLE v. KAREEM

3447, 1265/14.

148 A.D.3d 550 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 01994

48 N.Y.S.3d 897

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEVIN KAREEM, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided March 21, 2017.


As in People v Velez (131 A.D.3d 129 [1st Dept 2015]), the court's jury charge failed to convey that an acquittal on the top count of first-degree assault based on a finding of justification would preclude consideration of the remaining charges. We find that this error was not harmless and warrants reversal in the interest of justice (see e.g. People v Blackwood, 147 A.D.3d 462 [1st Dept...

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