People v. Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Williams

40 A.D.2d 690, 336 N.Y.S.2d 267, 1972 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3794

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedOctober 10, 1972

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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People v. Williams, 40 A.D.2d 690, 336 N.Y.S.2d 267, 1972 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3794 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1972).

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Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 18, 1971, convicting him of criminally selling a dangerous drug in the third degree and other crimes, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. Although there was strong evidence of defendant’s guilt, nevertheless the Trial Judge’s disparagement, a number of times during the trial and in the jury’s presence, of the manner in which defendant’s assigned counsel was conducting himself in the course of his defense and representation of defendant, and the Trial Judge’s express and inferential disparagement of the defense asserted by defendant, in our opinion require a reversal of the judgment and a new trial (cf. People v. Mendes, 3 N Y 2d 120, 121; People v. Adler, 274 App. Div. 820; People v. Rafkind, 254 App. Div. 742; People v. Kilroe, 201 App. Div. 549, 556; People v. Kenny, 20 A D 2d 578, 579; People v. Di Carlo, 242 App. Div. 328). Rabin, P. J., Hopkins, Martuscello, Latham and Benjamin, JJ., concur.

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Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 18, 1971, convicting him of criminally selling a dangerous drug in the third degree and other crimes, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. Although there was strong evidence of defendant’s guilt, nevertheless the Trial Judge’s disparagement, a number of times during the trial and in the jury’s presence, of the manner in which defendant’s assigned counsel was conducting himself in the course of his defense and representation of defendant, and the Trial Judge’s express and inferential disparagement of the defense asserted by defendant, in our opinion require a reversal of the judgment and a new trial (cf. People v. Mendes, 3 N Y 2d 120, 121; People v. Adler, 274 App. Div. 820; People v. Rafkind, 254 App. Div. 742; People v. Kilroe, 201 App. Div. 549, 556; People v. Kenny, 20 A D 2d 578, 579; People v. Di Carlo, 242 App. Div. 328). Rabin, P. J., Hopkins, Martuscello, Latham and Benjamin, JJ., concur.

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40 A.D.2d 690, 336 N.Y.S.2d 267, 1972 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3794, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-williams-nyappdiv-1972.

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