Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted.
Memorandum:
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [3]) and menacing in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.15). Defendant argues that he was denied a fair trial because of extraneous information overheard by jurors. We agree.
The testimony at trial established that, on July 24, 1992, an employee at Tops Supermarket in...
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