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PEOPLE v. KISOON

8 N.Y.3d 129 (2007)

863 N.E.2d 990

831 N.Y.S.2d 738

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. GANESH KISOON, Also Known as GANESH KISSON, Respondent. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. LEON MARTIN, III, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens (Donna Aldea and John M. Castellano of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

William G. Kastin, New York City, and Lynn W.L. Fahey for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Frank J. Clark, District Attorney, Buffalo (Donna A. Milling and J. Michael Marion of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Thomas Theophilos, Buffalo, for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ and SMITH concur; Judges PIGOTT and JONES taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge KAYE.

In each appeal, we are asked to determine whether a trial court committed a mode of proceedings error when it failed to disclose, or significantly paraphrased, a jury note. We conclude that it did.

In People v Kisoon, the People alleged that on June 5, 2001, defendant, from inside a parked car, sold an undercover police officer two plastic "twists" of cocaine...

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