PEOPLE v. JAMES

16738, 4016/11

135 A.D.3d 602 (2016)

22 N.Y.S.3d 865

2016 NY Slip Op 00434

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL JAMES, Appellant.

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

Decided January 21, 2016.


We find that the Allen charge, read as a whole, was balanced and not coercive (see People v Pagan, 45 N.Y.2d 725, 727 [1978]). The court encouraged the jurors to reach a verdict if possible, while reminding them not to give up their conscientiously held...

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