People v. Williams

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Miller, J.), rendered April 2, 1987, convicting him of attempted murder in the first degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and reckless endangerment in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We agree with the defendant that the trial court should not have engaged in an ex parte communication with the prosecutor concerning the admissibility of certain evidence relevant to…