Case ID: ad2d_149/html/0929-02.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eddie Seals, Appellant.
   — Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted. Memorandum: By instructing the jury that it "must be satisfied as to the actual occurrence of the alibi”, the court "conveyed to the jury * * * that the defendant must prove the truth of the alibi * * *. Thus, viewed m its entirety, the charge was not satisfactory without the additional requested warning that the People had the entire burden of disproving the alibi beyond a reasonable doubt” (People v Victor, 62 NY2d 374, 378; see also, People v Campbell, 70 NY2d 724, 725). (Appeal from judgment of Erie County Court, La Mendola, J. — robbery, second degree, and other charges.) Present—Callahan, J. P., Doerr, Boomer, Pine and Davis, JJ.