People v. Whitehead
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from *896a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooper-man, J.), rendered October 4, 1984, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The evidence presented tends to establish that at approximately 8:30 a.m. on January 1, 1984, the defendant and his wife were returning home from a New Year’s Eve party when they encountered an acquaintance of the defendant, one Dave Thompson. According to the defendant,…
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