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STRICT REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION OF COUNSEL OF THE CONTENTS OF JURY NOTES AND THE CREATION OF A COMPLETE RECORD OF HOW THE NOTES WERE HANDLED REAFFIRMED (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a memorandum decision with an extensive three-judge dissent, determined that the trial judge’s failure to comply with the notice requirements for jury notes pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law 310.30 and O’Rama mandated reversal:

“[M]eaningful notice means notice of the actual specific content of the jurors’ request'” … . Although the record demonstrates that “defense counsel was made aware of the existence of the note, there is no indication that the entire contents of the note were shared with counsel”… . We therefore reject the People’s argument that defense counsel’s awareness of the existence and the “gist” of the note satisfied the court’s meaningful notice obligation, or that preservation was required. “Where the record fails to show that defense counsel was apprised of the specific, substantive contents of the note—as it is in this case—preservation is not required” …  .

Moreover, “[w]here a trial transcript does not show compliance with O’Rama’s procedure as required by law, we cannot assume that the omission was remedied at an off-the-record conference that the transcript does not refer to” (id.). In other words, “[i]n the absence of record proof that the trial court complied with its [meaningful notice obligation] under CPL 310.30, a mode of proceedings error occurred requiring reversal”… . We again decline “to disavow our holding in Walston [23 NY3d 986] . . . that imposes an affirmative obligation on a trial court to create a record of compliance under CPL 310.30 and O’Rama” … . People v Morrison, 2018 NY Slip Op 04777, CtApp 6-28-18

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