People v. Middleton

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gary, J.), rendered November 24, 2014, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for a new trial, to be preceded by the assignment or retention of new counsel in accordance herewith.

The defendant was charged with murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, and criminal possession…