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People v. Pymm

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 14, 1992
188 A.D.2d 562 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

December 14, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Owens, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and determined to have been established.

Viewing the evidence adduced at trial in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we find that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15; People v Althorne, 155 A.D.2d 604).

Nevertheless, the defendant is entitled to a new trial, on the ground that over defense objection, a verdict sheet containing portions of the indictment was submitted to the jury. This constitutes reversible error (see, CPL 310.30; People v Sotomayer, 79 N.Y.2d 1029; People v Nimmons, 72 N.Y.2d 830).

We have considered the defendant's remaining arguments, including, inter alia, those directed to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, Kings County, to prosecute him for the crimes set forth in the indictment, the admission into evidence of the hospital records of Vidal Rodriguez, and the exclusion of the testimony of the defendant's expert witness Ronald Bielinski, and find them to be without merit (see, CPL 20.40; People v Cohen, 50 N.Y.2d 908, 910; CPLR 4518 [a]). Mangano, P.J., Sullivan, Balletta and Miller, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Pymm

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 14, 1992
188 A.D.2d 562 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

People v. Pymm

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM PYMM, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Dec 14, 1992

Citations

188 A.D.2d 562 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
591 N.Y.S.2d 457

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