People v. Robinson

Judgment entered in the Supreme Court, New York County, on February 25,1972, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, possession of a weapon as a felony and as a misdemeanor, and sentencing him to a maximum of seven years in prison on the assault conviction and lesser, concurrent sentences on the other convictions, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial. Defendant testified at his trial that the had fired the shots that wounded William Freeman, the complainant. His entire defense was one of justification. In essence,…