People v. Cook

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.), rendered May 30, 1989, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.

The complainant and her companion were robbed at gunpoint on a Brooklyn street while walking home at approximately 9:00 p.m., on January 23, 1988. The defendant was subsequently arrested and charged with robbery in the…