PEOPLE v. LEGISTER


145 A.D.2d 576 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Pedro Legister, Appellant

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

December 19, 1988


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

A central issue at trial was the reliability of the identification of the defendant by the complainant who saw him in her dimly lit apartment. After the jury returned its verdict, one of the jurors revealed to defense counsel that during deliberations while sequestered in her hotel room she adjusted the lights to imitate the crime scene and had another juror walk in and out of the room. Prior to this incident she was the only...

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