We find, as the People appropriately concede, that the trial court committed reversible error when it submitted, over the objection of defense counsel, a verdict sheet, which, with respect to each count, listed under the crime charged, in parenthesis, the mens rea element. This was doubtless done to distinguish the crimes charged, which consisted of a murder and two manslaughter counts, one based on intentional, and the other, reckless conduct. The Court of Appeals...
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