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THE TRIAL JUDGE DID NOT MEANINGFULLY RESPOND TO A NOTE FROM THE JURY; RE-READING THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS WAS NOT SUFFICIENT; CONVICTION REVERSED, NEW TRIAL ORDERED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department reversed the judgment of conviction and ordered a new trial because the trial judge did not meaningfully respond to a note from the jury. Under the facts here, re-reading the original instructions was not sufficient:

… [W]hen the jury was deliberating, the County Court failed to meaningfully respond to one of the jury’s notes. “Pursuant to CPL 310.30, the trial court has an obligation to meaningfully respond to all questions from the jury during deliberations” … . “Although simply rereading the original instructions may, under the appropriate circumstances, constitute a meaningful response” … , here, it was error for the court to respond to the jury’s last question about the elements of one of the charges by simply rereading its original instructions. The jury had previously sent a note about that charge demonstrating its initial confusion about that instruction … . The record reflects that defense counsel and the court perceived that, with respect to the jury note at issue, the jury may have been asking whether the defendant was required to know of the falsity of the information in the document that was alleged to contain false information at the time she submitted it to the Department of Health investigator. Notwithstanding its perception about the jury’s inquiry, the court did not seek any further clarification from the jury about that note. Under these circumstances, at a minimum, the court should have asked the jurors to again clarify their request … . People v Manzano, 2022 NY Slip Op 01040, Second Dept 2-16-22

 

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