People v. Williams

Case held, decision reserved and matter remitted to Supreme Court, Erie County, for further proceedings, in accordance with the following memorandum: In their appeal from judgments of conviction for murder in the second degree (felony murder) (Penal Law, § 125.25, subd 3) and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (Penal Law, § 265.01, subd [2]), arising out of the shooting death of Ozell Williams at the Erie Basin Marina on December 24, 1974, defendants raise several contentions, including: (1) that the court, in its charge to the jury on the question of whether the witness…