PEOPLE v. WELLS

No. 42

24 N.Y.3d 971 (2014)

21 N.E.3d 198

996 N.Y.S.2d 569

2014 NY Slip Op 07012

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DIANE WELLS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour W. James, Jr. , The Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Andrew C. Fine of counsel), and Law Offices of Gerald L. Shargel, LLP, New York City ( Gerald L. Shargel and Ross M. Kramer of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( David M. Cohn and Hilary Hassler of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT, RIVERA and ABDUS-SALAAM concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Term should be reversed and the order of Criminal Court of the City of New York reinstated.

In October 2006, defendant was convicted of assault in the third degree in Criminal Court of the City of New York but, in March 2010, the Appellate Term reversed the judgment due to an improper jury charge, and remanded the case for a new trial (26 Misc.3d 143[A], 2010 NY Slip Op 50393[U] [App Term...

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