People v. Smith

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.), rendered June 14, 2006, convicting him of assault in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts), and reckless endangerment in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant is entitled to reversal and a new trial based upon the trial court’s error in denying his challenge for cause to a prospective…