People v. Hambrick
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Agresta, J.), rendered June 14, 1984, convicting him of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered.
The trial court committed reversible error by denying the defense counsel’s timely request for a detailed jury instruction on the issue of identification. When identification is in controversy, the trial court should furnish an instruction directing the jury to focus on both the…
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