People v. Estevez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered June 1, 2015, convicting him of murder in the second degree, assault in the second degree (three counts), and endangering the welfare of a child (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for a new trial.

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, three counts of assault in the second degree,…