PEOPLE v. SANDERS


70 N.Y.2d 837 (1987)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Herman Sanders, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Gruner, Public Defender (Denise Y. Dourdeville of counsel), for appellant.

Michael Kavanagh, District Attorney (Joan Lamb of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

Defendant, who was convicted of second degree assault, as a second felony offender, complains that it was error for the trial court, after its charge in the assault trial, to furnish the jury, on its request and over defense counsel's objection, with a copy of the actual text of a pertinent statute. The Appellate Division found...

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