PEOPLE v. MURRELL


150 A.D.2d 731 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Maurice Murrell, Appellant

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

May 22, 1989


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

During a recess in the defendant's trial for the murder of Sidney Carlies, Jr., a woman approached one of the impaneled jurors in the ladies' restroom and said to the juror, "My son would have been 17 years old but he is dead". The juror, who had previously noticed the woman in the courtroom, believed her to be the victim's mother. The juror discussed the incident with another member of the jury panel, and with an alternate juror...

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