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294 N.Y. 5

60 N.E.2d 18

People v. Spitzer

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 30, 1944

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1944-12-30

Decided 1944-12-30

Per Curiam.

¶1 Defendant was indicted for and convicted of the crimes of burglary in the third degree, committed as a second offense, and petit larceny. The court clearly and forcibly indicated in his main charge and also in a charge made in response to a request that he believed the defendant guilty of the crimes for which he was indicted and that he should be convicted. This left for the jury no fair opportunity for consideration of the question of criminal intent which was an essential element of the crimes charged and the main point in issue in the case.

¶2 For the errors thus committed, and preserved for consideration by exceptions, the judgment should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

¶3 Lehman, Ch. J., Loughean, Rippey, Conway, Desmond and Thacheb, JJ., concur; Lewis, J., taking no part.

¶4 Judgment reversed, etc.

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