PEOPLE v. JACKSON


142 A.D.2d 599 (1988)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jimmy Jackson, Appellant

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

July 5, 1988


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that he was denied a fair trial due to the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the ambiguous nature of flight evidence is without merit. The trial court provided the jury with instructions on how to evaluate evidence of consciousness of guilt, although no specific reference to flight was made. Even if this failure to specifically refer to flight were to be considered an error, it would be...

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