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THE INCLUSION OF EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION ON THE VERDICT SHEET WHICH DID NOT PROVIDE ANY SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE WAS HARMLESS ERROR (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined, although it was error to include extraneous information on the verdict sheet, i.e., that the defendant had authorized the verdict sheet, the error was harmless:

The Court of Appeals has “held that it is reversible error, not subject to harmless error analysis, to provide a jury in a criminal case with a verdict sheet that contains annotations not authorized by CPL 310.20 (2)” … . Moreover, “[t]he basic principle is that nothing of substance can be included that the statute does not authorize” … . * * *

The extraneous statement was not part of the questions posed to the jury; rather, it was at the end of the verdict sheet. It did not change any of the questions to the jury. … [W]e find that the submission to the jury of the … verdict sheet with the statement asserting that defendant authorized it, without his signature, was not reversible error, because the extraneous statement gave no substantive information to the jury about the case and merely indicated that defendant saw the verdict sheet, was aware of his charges and was represented by an attorney … . People v Stover, 2019 NY Slip Op 08734, Third Dept 12-5-19

 

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