People v. Davis

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens *598County (Chetta, J.), dated July 5, 1989, convicting him of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, and unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.

Before the trial of this action for rape, sodomy and related crimes, a hearing was held pursuant to Frye v United States (293 F…