People v. Williams

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Albert P. Williams, J.), rendered April 2, 1986, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree and sentencing him to a term of 3 to 6 years, is unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the matter remanded to the Supreme Court for a new trial.

Criminal Term submitted written copies of portions of its oral instructions to the jury. As the People concede, the use of partial written instructions was erroneous (see, People v Owens, 69 NY2d…