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- Title: People State New York v. Leonard Smalls
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 06, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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Defendants Smalls and McGee appeal from separate orders of the Appellate Division, affirming their convictions, after a joint trial, of murder in the second degree (Penal Law, ร§ 125.25, subd 3). We conclude that the conviction of defendant Smalls must be reversed, as error was committed as to him both in the admission of the co-defendant McGees confession on this joint trial and in charging the jury regarding the presumption of intent. While this error in the charge was also committed as against defendant McGee, we hold that under the circumstances of this case, the error was harmless. As we find defendant McGees other contentions to be without merit, his conviction should be affirmed.