People v. Ramsey

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 3, 1971, convicting him of two counts of grand larceny in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and new trial ordered. In our opinion, the trial court failed to charge the jury adequately and correctly. Appellant’s defense consisted of *838alibi evidence, yet, in marshalling the testimony of appellant’s chief alibi witness, the court merely mentioned that part of his testimony which was…