PEOPLE v. RIVERA


262 A.D.2d 235 (1999)

694 N.Y.S.2d 13

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN RIVERA, Appellant.

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

Decided June 24, 1999.


The insufficiency of the record, even after attempts at resettlement, to resolve defendant's claim that the court failed to inform counsel of, or respond properly to, a note from a juror does not warrant reversal of defendant's conviction. The note, received at an undetermined time on the final day of the trial, indicated that if "not inconvenient * * * or otherwise inappropriate", the juror would request that they finish "today" for personal, work-related reasons. Defendant...

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