People v. Ridenhour

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Neary, J.), rendered June 25, 2014, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.

On October 19, 2013, at an auto shop in Ossining, the victim was stabbed in the throat. Although the victim refused to cooperate with law enforcement officials, based on statements from two eyewitnesses, the defendant was arrested in…