New York Court of Appeals, 1990

People v. Jackson

New York Court of Appeals · Decided October 16, 1990 · Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa Concur

76 N.Y.2d 908; 564 N.E.2d 652; 563 N.Y.S.2d 42; 1990 N.Y. LEXIS 3319

Cases that cite this one

43 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.

Strong v. Montava (District Court, E.D. New York 1999)
People v. Garcia (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
People v. Sabo (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
People v. Johnson (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2002)
People v. Saunders (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2001)
People v. Greene (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2001)
People v. Spragion (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2001)
People v. Rodriguez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2000)
People v. Gonzalez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1999)
People v. Cuffy (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1999)
People v. Strong (Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York 1999)
People v. McLane (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1998)
People v. Laguer (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)
People v. Marinelli (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)
People v. Stern (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
People v. Baxter (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
People v. Jimenez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
People v. Lee (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1996)
People v. Dixon (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
People v. Singleton (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
People v. Keegan (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
People v. Robinson (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
People v. Yeung (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
People v. Johnson (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1995)
People v. Perdomo (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1994)

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Opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

In instructing the jury, the trial court stated twice that a reasonable doubt was a doubt for which the jurors would, if called upon, be able to give a reason. It also offered an extended illustration to that effect, using jurors’ names. Defense counsel objected that the charge conveyed that a reasonable doubt must be based on a "reason that [the jurors] could articulate.” Counsel argued that such an instruction punished less articulate people on the jury, who might vote guilty "because of the charge * * * which says they should be able to articulate their reason.”

Defendant’s objection to the trial court’s definition of a reasonable doubt as a doubt for which some good reason arising from the evidence can be given does not preserve for our review his present claim — that the court’s definition and illustration diluted the People’s burden of proof by conveying a requirement that the doubting juror must give reasons and must support those reasons with evidence.

Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.

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