People v. Abney

In my opinion, the judgment being appealed herein should be reversed and the matter remanded for a new trial.

Defendant Raymond Abney and his codefendant, Terry Angel, were convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of murder in the second degree, one count of robbery in the first degree and one count of burglary in the first degree as the result of an incident which occurred on June 13, 1985 when Walter Grant, 62 years of age, was bashed on the head with a hammer during the course of a burglary of his apartment. The victim, who sustained skull fractures and other severe head trauma,…