PEOPLE v. WILLIAMSON


40 N.Y.2d 1073 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Walter Williamson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart A. Roberts for appellant.

Carl A. Vergari, District Attorney (Ronald J. Bavero and Carl F. Lodes of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

Although the court in its charge need "not marshal or refer to the evidence to any greater extent than is necessary" to explain the material legal principles (CPL 300.10, subd 2), any marshaling of the evidence must be done fairly. Here the court chose to summarize all the direct testimony of all the witnesses and in addition pointed out the single inconsistency in the defendant's testimony. However, the court...

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