PEOPLE v. FORDHAM


21 A.D.3d 1120 (2005)

801 N.Y.S.2d 155

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ARNOLD FORDHAM, Appellant.

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

September 26, 2005.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

A trial court is not precluded from using hypothetical examples in its jury instructions to assist the jury in understanding the applicable law (see People v. Johnson, 255 A.D.2d 337 [1998]; People v. Wise, 204 A.D.2d 133, 134-135 [1994]). However, the hypotheticals must be fair and balanced, must not indicate to the jury that the trial court...

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