Trial judges must apprise counsel of the contents of jury notes and give them a chance to discuss the intended response, the Appellate Division, Second Department, reiterated in two unrelated Queens cases.
The Second Department’s reversals in People v. Sydoriak, 2014 NY Slip Op, 06004, and People v. Morris, 2014 NY Slip Op 0600, underscored the 1991 Court of Appeals precedent, People v. O’Rama, 78 NY2d 270, where the high court established procedures for handling communications from the jury under CPL 310.30.
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