Does the court undermine the strategic decisions of counsel by revoking its promise to specifically instruct the jury as to the nature of the sharp instrument that caused the victim's injuries?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mairena, 121 N.Y.S.3d 731, 144 N.E.3d 340, 34 N.Y.3d 473 (N.Y. 2019):
In People v. Mairena , defendant argues that, by revoking its promise to specifically instruct the jury as to the nature of the sharp instrument that caused the victim's injuries, the court undermined the strategic decisions counsel made when preparing his summation based on that promise. Defendant asserts
[34 N.Y.3d 487]
that counsel argued that the People failed to prove that the victim died from a knife wound,
[144 N.E.3d 349]
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