People v. Lee

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered March 29, 1973, convicting him of arson in the second degree and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. The trial court, in instructing the jury as to the defense of alibi, stated, "if, after carefully analyzing the evidence on behalf of the defendant, you come to the conclusion that it is false and that it has been interposed here intentionally as a false defense, such a finding by you may be considered as…