PEOPLE v. BLAKE


139 A.D.2d 110 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bryan Blake, Appellant

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

July 14, 1988


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen E. Fay of counsel (Norman Barclay with her on the brief; Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, attorney), for respondent.

Virgil Hervey of counsel (Peter Matsoukas with him on the brief; Hervey, Matsoukas & Schuman, attorneys), for appellant.

KUPFERMAN, J. P., ROSS, ELLERIN and SMITH, JJ., concur.


CARRO, J.

This was a close and wholly circumstantial evidence case, requiring the jury to engage in a very complex and difficult reasoning process. That deliberative process was made even more difficult by the crime involved herein, a ghastly and incomprehensible murder. These factors magnified the prejudicial impact of certain trial errors which, in combination, require a reversal of this conviction and a remand...

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