People v. Tillmon

People v Tillmon (2021 NY Slip Op 04849)
People v Tillmon
2021 NY Slip Op 04849
Decided on August 26, 2021
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on August 26, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: PERADOTTO, J.P., CARNI, LINDLEY, CURRAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.

564 KA 19-01438

[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

v

JUSTIN M. TILLMON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 2.)




DAVID P. ELKOVITCH, AUBURN, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

JON E. BUDELMANN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AUBURN (CHRISTOPHER T. VALDINA OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.



Appeal from a judgment of the Cayuga County Court (Mark H. Fandrich, A.J.), rendered June 11, 2019. The judgment convicted defendant upon a jury verdict of criminal contempt in the first degree, criminal contempt in the second degree (nine counts) and tampering with a witness in the fourth degree (two counts).

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law and a new trial is granted.

Same memorandum as in People v Tillmon ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [Aug. 26, 2021] [4th Dept 2021]).

Entered: August 26, 2021

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court