People v. Williams

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

Defendant was charged with robbery of a parking lot attendant. The prosecution’s case against defendant was premised, in part, upon circumstantial evidence. The trial court, in its charge to the jury concerning circumstantial evidence, stated: "In this case the prosecution suggests there is direct evidence that Jerome Williams was on Mt. Hope Avenue. He was allegedly seen there and identified by certain police officers. The direct evidence must be sufficient to give rise to an…