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PEOPLE v. WESTERGREN

134 A.D.2d 185 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ian Westergren, True Name Marshall David Crown, Appellant

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

November 12, 1987

Before jury deliberations began, the trial court, over defendant's objection, distributed to the jurors 12 copies of a shortened version of its charge, which it stated was "the statutory law of the case" and which it had previously read into the record. As the People concede, submission of portions of the charge in writing to the jury over objection of the defendant deprived defendant of a fair trial (People v Owens,

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