PEOPLE v. DE FRANCESCO


88 A.D.2d 920 (1982)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Louis De Francesco, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

June 1, 1982


Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.

During the voir dire of the jury, defense counsel was not permitted to ask potential jurors whether they would follow instructions from the court requiring them to disregard inculpatory statements made by defendant should the jury find them to have been involuntarily made. The refusal to allow this question denied defendant his right to be certain that he was being...

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