The People v. Jayquaine Seignious

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division’s reversal and reinstated the defendant’s second‑degree burglary conviction, holding that the trial‑court charge of burglary as a lesser‑included offense of a sexually motivated felony did not violate the defendant’s right to notice. The Court also held that the People’s theory of the case did not require a more limited jury instruction, so the lesser‑included charge was proper.