No. 2008-00493. October 12, 2010. Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Ayres, J.), rendered January 11, 2008, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Martin Geduldig, Garden City, N.Y., for appellant, and appellant pro se. Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Tammy J. Smiley, Robert
October 28, 1993 Appeal from the County Court of Sullivan County (Battisti, Jr., J.). Mahoney, J. The primary issue on appeal in this jointly tried assault prosecution, involving the bizarre beating and partial castration of a man defendants believed was having an affair with defendant William Matiash's estranged wife, is whether County Court's failure to interrogate two jurors regarding a particular lunchtime conversation they had constitutes reversible error. A review of the record establishes
June 2, 2005. APPEAL from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (John A.K. Bradley, J.), rendered October 1, 2002. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree, and imposed sentence. Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Abigail Everett and Michael J.Z. Mannheimer of counsel), for appellant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City ( Deborah L. Morse of counsel), for respondent
1158 May 15, 2003. Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered March 14, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree (two counts) and attempted robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 25 years, 25 years and 15 years, unanimously affirmed. Hilary Hassler, for respondent. William A. Loeb, for defendant-appellant. Before: Andrias, J.P., Williams, Lerner, Friedman, Marlow, JJ. The court properly exercised its
August 26, 1993 Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Jerome Hornblass, J.). During the trial of this matter, the prosecutor informed the Trial Judge and defense counsel that after court had recessed the previous day, she observed two of her police witnesses who had testified for the prosecution, talking to the jury foreperson while waiting for an elevator. Two or three other jurors were also present. The prosecutor stated that she heard the foreperson say something in a jocular manner
April 25, 2000. Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Phylis Skloot Bamberger, J., at hearing; William Donnino, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered March 29, 1994, convicting defendant of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 25 years to life and 5 to 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed. Yael V. Levy, for respondent. Joel A. Brenner, for defendant-appellant. WILLIAMS, J.P., MAZZARELLI, RUBIN