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People v. Lyon

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 21, 1973
296 N.E.2d 256 (N.Y. 1973)

Opinion

Argued February 14, 1973

Decided March 21, 1973

Appeal from the Supreme Court for the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts in the Second Judicial Department, JOHN HYLAND, J.

Alfred Olsen for appellant.

Carl A. Vergari, District Attorney ( Janet Cunard of counsel), for respondent.


Order affirmed in the following memorandum: There was overwhelming proof of guilt and the charged error was not so substantial as to warrant a new trial. We take this occasion, however, to note that extreme caution should be exercised against permitting the jury to have access to statutes or any material not received in evidence. (CPL 310.20).

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BREITEL, JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER.


Summaries of

People v. Lyon

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 21, 1973
296 N.E.2d 256 (N.Y. 1973)
Case details for

People v. Lyon

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT D. LYON…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 21, 1973

Citations

296 N.E.2d 256 (N.Y. 1973)
296 N.E.2d 256
343 N.Y.S.2d 360