People v. Gonzalez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Judgment of conviction rendered November 20, 2000 reversed, on the facts and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and the accusatory instrument is dismissed.

This criminal prosecution stems from an altercation between two neighboring residents of a Bronx apartment building. It is alleged that on November 25, 1998, at approximately 10:00 p.m., defendant Ruth Gonzalez stabbed the complainant with a knife — a knife never recovered or produced — while the two argued over a possible water leak in the defendant’s third-floor apartment that the complainant…