PEOPLE v. SKINNER


154 A.D.2d 216 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Craig Skinner, Respondent

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

March 20, 1990


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oren Root, Jr., of counsel (Patrick M. Wall, attorney), for respondent.

Lawrence B. LaRaus of counsel (Stanley R. Kaplan with him on the brief; Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, attorney), for appellant.

KUPFERMAN, J. P., ASCH, KASSAL and ELLERIN, JJ., concur.


WALLACH, J.

What did he know and when did he know it? The answer to this seemingly simple inquiry, as all Americans now have reason to appreciate, can be at times quite elusive. In the context of this case, the same teasing question arises with respect to the knowledge of defendant's former lawyer, Arlen S. Yalkut, Esq., of the contents of a ninth note sent by the jury to the Justice presiding at defendant's...

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