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People v. Samuels

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 30, 1986
121 A.D.2d 751 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

June 30, 1986

Appeal from the County Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.).


Judgment affirmed.

Although the trial court erred in employing the phrase "if your minds are wavering or if the scales are even" in charging the jury as to reasonable doubt, reversal on this ground is not required since the charge, when read in its entirety, conveyed to the jury the appropriate standard of proof (see, People v Townes, 104 A.D.2d 1057; People v. Bebee, 105 A.D.2d 751).

The clothing which was worn by the victim on the night that the sodomy occurred was properly admitted into evidence upon her identification of the same (see, People v. Connelly, 35 N.Y.2d 171; People v. Julian, 41 N.Y.2d 340; People v. McGee, 49 N.Y.2d 48, 59, cert denied sub nom. Waters v. New York, 446 U.S. 942; see also, People v. Anderson, 99 A.D.2d 560; People v Washington, 96 A.D.2d 996).

The defendant was not denied a fair trial by virtue of the isolated instance of misconduct engaged in by the prosecutrix during her summation. Further, the defendant's claim that the verdict was the result of a threat to sequester the jury is based on matter dehors the record and is accordingly more appropriately the subject matter of a motion pursuant to CPL 440.10.

We have reviewed the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be unpreserved and, in any event, without merit. Thompson, J.P., Niehoff, Rubin and Kunzeman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Samuels

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 30, 1986
121 A.D.2d 751 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

People v. Samuels

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GEORGE SAMUELS…

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

Date published: Jun 30, 1986

Citations

121 A.D.2d 751 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

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