People v. Sumpter

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered September 11, 1973 and September 12, 1973, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, and grand larceny in the third *780degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. Questions of fact have not been raised by defendant or determined by this court. Although there was strong evidence of defendant’s guilt, a new trial is required because he was deprived of a fair and impartial trial by the highly improper and intemperate conduct of the trial court.…