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DEFENDANT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SANDOVAL CONFERENCE, NEW TRIAL ORDERED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department reversed defendant’s conviction and ordered a new trial because defendant was not included in the Sandoval conference (re: whether defendant could be cross-examined about prior convictions):

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of, inter alia, burglary in the second degree … . As the People correctly concede, reversal is required. The record establishes that defendant was excluded from Supreme Court’s Sandoval conference …  and, because “[t]he court’s Sandoval ruling in this case was not wholly favorable to defendant, . . . it cannot be said that defendant’s presence at the hearing would have been superfluous’ ” … . People v Cooper, 2018 NY Slip Op 01823, Fourth Dept 3-16-18

CRIMINAL LAW (DEFENDANT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SANDOVAL CONFERENCE, NEW TRIAL ORDERED (FOURTH DEPT))/SANDOVAL CONFERENCE (CRIMINAL LAW, DEFENDANT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SANDOVAL CONFERENCE, NEW TRIAL ORDERED (FOURTH DEPT))/PRESENCE OF DEFENDANT (CRIMINAL LAW, PRESENCE OF DEFENDANT AT MATERIAL STAGES, DEFENDANT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SANDOVAL CONFERENCE, NEW TRIAL ORDERED (FOURTH DEPT))

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