People v. Grimaldi

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered March 13,1973, convicting him of murder, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and indictment dismissed. Upon defendant’s trial for the murder of Conrad Greaves, the People proved in support of their case in chief that at about 5:00 a.m. on March 30, 1972, defendant, a bartender • employed by Greaves, walked with Gréaves out of the rear door of the El Capitan Motel, in which the Cloud Room, a bar owned by Greaves, was located. Prior to leaving the-motel defendant asked…