People v. Council

*298Judgments, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven Lloyd Barrett, J., on speedy trial motion; Megan Tallmer, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered April 26, 2006, convicting each defendant of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, and sentencing each defendant to a term of one year, unanimously reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the matter remanded for a new trial as to both defendants.

As to each defendant, the verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v…