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People v. Rivera

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 23, 1997
245 A.D.2d 198 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

December 23, 1997

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Efrain Alvarado, J.).


Defendant's claim of error is unpreserved since defense counsel and defendant were present when the court read the jury notes into the record, but no request was made for a preview of the court's intended responses or any opportunity to help formulate such responses ( see, People v. Starling, 85 N.Y.2d 509, 516; People v. DeRosario, 81 N.Y.2d 801, 803; People v. Martinez, 225 A.D.2d 474, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 989). Furthermore, defendant failed to object to the court's responses to the notes from individual jurors and therefore defendant's claim that the court responded to them inappropriately is unpreserved, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice ( People v. Jackson, 209 A.D.2d 247, 248, lv denied 85 N.Y.2d 974; People v. Almodovar, 196 A.D.2d 718, lv denied 82 N.Y.2d 890, cert denied 511 U.S. 1131). Were we to review it, we would find that the court responded appropriately to both notes and that the notes did not suggest that either of the jurors possessed a state of mind that would prevent such juror from rendering an impartial verdict ( People v. Rodriguez, 71 N.Y.2d 214, 219).

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Milonas, Wallach, Rubin and Mazzarelli, JJ.


Summaries of

People v. Rivera

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 23, 1997
245 A.D.2d 198 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Rivera

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE RIVERA, Also…

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

Date published: Dec 23, 1997

Citations

245 A.D.2d 198 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
666 N.Y.S.2d 614

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