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PROVIDING WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY OVER DEFENDANT’S OBJECTION REQUIRED REVERSAL AND A NEW TRIAL, HOT LIQUID CAN BE A DANGEROUS INSTRUMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PENAL LAW (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing defendant’s conviction, determined that “defendant is entitled to a new trial because the court provided written instructions to the jury, at its request, but over defendant’s objection (see People v Johnson , 81 NY2d 980 [1993]).”  The court also noted that the jury could have reasonably found that the hot liquid thrown by defendant qualified as a dangerous instrument (see Penal Law §§ 10.00[10],[13]; see also People v Adolph , 299 AD2d 257, 257 [1st Dept 2002], lv denied 99 NY2d 579 [2003]).”  People v Peralta, 2019 NY Slip Op 03539, First Dept 5-7-19

 

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