People v. Lopez

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Linakis, J.), rendered June 26, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the third degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v Charles, 61 NY2d 321; People v Spann, 56 NY2d…