PEOPLE v. WHITE


53 N.Y.2d 721 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Samuel White, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Burton N. Lipshie and Jerrold Neugarten of counsel), for appellant.

Gary R. Sunden for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the case remitted to that court for a review of the facts.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of having robbed a grocery store. The Appellate Division reversed the conviction "on the law" because, in its view, the trial court had abused its discretion in permitting the jurors to view the scene of the crime after they had begun their...

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